Mar 3 2012: I recently read an interview about happiness called: The science behind the smile", and the interviewer, Gardiner Morse, asked Prof. Daniel Gilbert about the possible ways to measure happiness. The Prof. answered that it is similar to the way that the eye doctor measures your sight, for those who have glasses, by challenge-response "protocol". First, the doctor tries one pair of lenses and then asks the patient about the feeling; afterward he tries another pair, and so on and so forth.
Therefore, to answer the question what is happiness, we need to answer what is a feeling in general, such as eye-sight.
Another interesting approach to this question is how happiness controls our body. Meaning, the muscles on our face are controlled by happiness, and the shivering or the vibe we feel when we extremely happy are also controlled by happiness.
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Therefore, to answer the question what is happiness, we need to answer what is a feeling in general, such as eye-sight.
Another interesting approach to this question is how happiness controls our body. Meaning, the muscles on our face are controlled by happiness, and the shivering or the vibe we feel when we extremely happy are also controlled by happiness.