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paul babcock commented on Sam Harris on Happiness on March 2, 2008, 12:32 PM
While I agree w/ you on most things and think we in t West can benifit from t idea of emptying t mind and not thinking. I have a quible. I think defining hapiness as merely t lack of fear and regret w/ t mind at rest and such lacks robustness. I think it requires effort and in fact hapiness may largly be t effort

paul babcock commented on Sam Harris on Happiness on March 2, 2008, 5:32 PM
While I agree w/ you on most things and think we in t West can benifit from t idea of emptying t mind and not thinking. I have a quible. I think defining hapiness as merely t lack of fear and regret w/ t mind at rest and such lacks robustness. I think it requires effort and in fact hapiness may largly be t effort