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Old Nov 07, 2012, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by hamster-bamster View Post
But yours is the right step: you are bringing in a statistic. Without statistics, such conversations are pointless and being a hippie is just a fine personal choice that does not exempt one from the obligation to use data rather than just make statements.
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When it comes to dealing with humanity though, statics are just sooooo boring though! No, seriously though, have we "advanced" so much that we can quantify human lives, emotions, and perhaps human nature in itself? Anyone with an academic background can tell you that, assuming you have a reliable source, various sources provide various statistics for almost anything. Somethings the varying statistics are similar, and sometimes provide different conclusions.

Objective thinking alone is useless without subjective thoughts. We're dealing with humanity at large, not mathematics. And can suicide and happiness really be intertwined statistically? Some of the statistically happiest countries in the world have the highest suicide rates by %, yet others that are on that list are considered very very happy.

Statistically speaking, Lithuania has the highest suicide rate in the world...AFTER the fall of communism and the country moved well on ahead compared to their other Baltic neighbours. After the quality of life went up, so to speak. So once again, is suicide a statistic we can really use to help deal with happiness? Let's try to not quantify happiness with such a silly statistic.
Thanks for this!
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