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ISN'T
THE GOAL
THAT MAKES US HAPPY -
it's the journey. Climbing Mount Everest
is more satisfying than standing at the top;
flirting and foreplay are more exiting than having an orgasm; & conducting groundbreaking lab
experiments is more interesting than receiving praise and prizes. Yet this hardly changes the picture.
It just indicates that evolution controls us with a broad range of pleasures. Sometimes it seduces us with
sensations of bliss and tranquility, while on other occasions it goads us forward with thrilling sensations
of elation and excitement.
When an animal is looking for something that increases its chances of survival and reproductions (e.g. food,
partners or social status), the brain produces sensations of alertness and excitement, which drive the animal
to make even greater efforts because they are so very agreeable.
In a famous experiment scientists connected electrodes to the brains of several rats, enabling the animals
to create sensations of excitement simply by pressing a pedal! When the rats were given a choice between tasty
food and pressing the pedal, they preferred the pedal (much like kids preferring to play video games rather
than come down to dinner)? The rats pressed the pedal again and again, until they collapsed from hunger
and exhaustion! Humans too may prefer the excitement of the race to resting on the laurels of success.
Yet what makes the race só attractive is the exhilarating sensations that go along with it.
Nobody would have wanted to climb mountains,
play video games or go on blind dates
if such activities were accompanied
solely by ùnpleasant sensations
of stress, despair
or boredom
...
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