This doesn't affect the main point of your post, but I think the height example is potentially misleading because the SD for height is low and humans are in a pretty narrow band of absolute heights. But that doesn't seem to be true for happiness or other psychological traits.
Funny, I received this piece at the same time I received my beta access to https://consensus.app/search/ , a project I'm very interested in. And my first criticism of it is quite well exemplified by your post:
Although it's great to get an overview and a bibliography on a subject, A whole bunch of scientific studies seeming to support a point does not necessarily close the very specific question we are asking. And it feels a bit naive to think otherwise. Had I tried to answer your question with this tool, I also would have come up with a monumental "yes, of course": https://consensus.app/results/?q=Does+gratitude+increase+happiness%3F
This doesn't affect the main point of your post, but I think the height example is potentially misleading because the SD for height is low and humans are in a pretty narrow band of absolute heights. But that doesn't seem to be true for happiness or other psychological traits.
I wonder how much of the happiness-gratitude correlation is just having more stuff to be grateful for.
Funny, I received this piece at the same time I received my beta access to https://consensus.app/search/ , a project I'm very interested in. And my first criticism of it is quite well exemplified by your post:
Although it's great to get an overview and a bibliography on a subject, A whole bunch of scientific studies seeming to support a point does not necessarily close the very specific question we are asking. And it feels a bit naive to think otherwise. Had I tried to answer your question with this tool, I also would have come up with a monumental "yes, of course": https://consensus.app/results/?q=Does+gratitude+increase+happiness%3F