Winning the Lottery . . .
Thursday, December 23, 2004 12:45 AM
Some time back I posted about my belief that dancers could be happier both 1) earning less and 2) working more.
That is almost exactly like saying a gambler such as a lottery player would be happier NOT winning the lottery *in that* for most people it goes against logical expectations. Agreed?
I don't know if you've read about the study that purports to show that a good number of big money lottery winners experience extreme unhappiness *after* winning big money equal to the unhappiness of suffering a major injury or losing a loved one. The study could be an outright fraud or just poorly designed, but the findings didn't surprise me even a little. I mean a person wins 10 million dollars and that should make them as unhappy as being in a catostrophic (sp?) accident or losing a loved one. Right?
The point I'm trying to make is that appearances and certainties can be decieving. You might make a dancer happier buying 3 dances instead 2, but the reverse may be equally true even if she likes you and needs the money.
One of my father's favorite sayings was that "I know that I do NOT know." (IMPORTANT: He said that even the answer might appear obvious to even a dullard.) Well, I've done the old boy one better "I know that *you* do NOT know." ;) Ok, maybe the original is better.
If I meet 10 straight dancers who are drug addicts, then what does that teach me???
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