Man sends supplements to troops, and the “psychological immune system”: Now I’ve seen everything!
Filed under the category of “Fringe News”, here are two of the odder news stories I came across today:
Larry Thrasher’. of Hartselle, Alabama, recently brought 66,000 packets of nutritional supplements to the Alabama National Guard units stationed in Iraq. He has implored several surrounding churches, businesses and individuals to help with his crusade to bring much-needed nutritional drinks to troops in Baghdad. Read more.
Psychologist Dan Gilbert challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel real, enduring happiness, he says, even when things don’t go as planned. He calls this kind of happiness “synthetic happiness,” and he says it’s “every bit as real and enduring as the kind of happiness you stumble upon when you get exactly what you were aiming for.” Watch the video.
(But actually, these are both pretty interesting!)