Giving up hope can make some ill people happier
Giving up hope can actually make some people living with a serious illness happier, according to U.S. researchers who have found a "dark side of hope." Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar CampwalaReview
Not only does this story lack details necessary for the evaluation of its validity, such as how the happiness was rated, the difference between the two groups, and the statistical significance, but it does not consider other possible explanations, such as the fact that the "happier" group might have been happier because they wouldn't have another surgery in the relatively near future, rather than because they had given up hope.
