Vail R’s Reviews > The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom > Status Update
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is 35% done
"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
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Vail R
is 7% done
marshmallow test - replication showed massive decrease in effect size
priming study - didn't replicate, lol
bad bad year to write a social psychology book
— Sep 14, 2026 12:55PM
priming study - didn't replicate, lol
bad bad year to write a social psychology book