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"paralysis victims show full hedonic treadmill reset within a year" isn't a good reading of the original study, and it didn't replicate anyway; later studies do find persistent, substantial effects on reported happiness > 1 year out

marshmallow test - replication showed massive decrease in effect size
priming study - didn't replicate, lol
bad bad year to write a social psychology book

One of the best first two chapters to a story I've ever seen