Do we own a lot of stuff or does stuff own us? Is a longer, stress-filled life better than a shorter, happier one? Our biology is still primitive and based on millions of years of living in "the wild". Can our biology distinguish between the pleasure of a new iPhone or Ferrari and finding ripe berries? Can we even determine the difference between pleasure and happiness? Did any proto-humans die of stress, cancer, diabetes, suicide - or just disease, accidents, and warfare. Hunter/gatherers spent an average of two hours a day getting food. The rest of the time was spent doing whatever else they wanted to do. Was 20 years as a Neanderthal happier than 80 years as a modern human?
2007-11-12 05:46:08 · 4 answers · asked by californiainfidel 3 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
You may perceive an individual who doesn't understand the physical world and only reacts to his environment rather than adapting it to his needs as someone who is happier than the current crop of humans.
You may be right, but I don't think so.
2007-11-12 07:37:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Word. Who wouldn't rather be a Native American decades before Europeans ever showed up? Eating some buffalo burgers. Fishing. Smoking the peace pipe, humping in a prairie. Good times.
2007-11-12 06:49:35 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The premise on which you start is flawed in a number of directions. Suffice to give you one.
Neanderthals had rickets. That couldn't be classed as fun.
2007-11-12 21:35:24 · answer #3 · answered by da d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-11-13 02:09:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋