Whats up with that?: "If there is a single observation that seem to remain a popular feature of the change associated with growth and development it would probably have to do something with popular belief. It never cease to amaze me how often popular belief contain some of the most recent scientific discoveries as part and parcel of allegory, myth and mysticism, or how wrong popular belief can sometimes be.
Take for instance the saying, "Happy people are short sighted." Not only is it true that happy people are like that, but it is true in reality. Grumpy people are better at observing the distant features, and their logical thinking ability is better than their happy counterparts. But then I suppose we have to remember that happiness is what happiness does, and the whole business of business does not really feature in the happy world, which for some or another lack of reason seem to bother those that are grumpy. And lack of reason would be a perfect description of happiness, which provide the perfect reason not to be. Because it is.
And now science can prove it!
