Really, I find that hard to believe, that couldn't possibly be true. If that was true you would see people giving all the time but you don't do you. If that was the key to happiness wouldnt people give away more than just twenty-hundred dollars. You would see people give away bountifuls of currency constantly but we do not so it isn't true.

"If we only knew what truly would make us happy, the world would be a better place." But it isn't so.

this article is funny.....lol

This article make it seems like beggars are preforming a public service.

Haha funny, didnt think of that but its true

Oh, I don't see the idea that giving to others brings greater happiness than spending it on oneself as strange at all.  What I have a hard time comprehending is people who have more than they need for basic needs and a reasonable standard of living and don't wish to use some of their extra to help others.  I find it sad that they don't find the same joy I get in helping others.  My retirement income and my gifts may be modest but I would most certainly give more if I received more, such as a big lottery win.   I consider myself an incredibly happy person.

I find it interesting to speculate about what in life has caused some of us to want to give and some to be more selfish.

We're not selfish we are just logical thinkers, giving to others just gives the illusion of happiness. Everybody including YOU are the exact same way, in fact the exact opposite is true, people giving to you makes you happier than you giving to others remember "The fear of loss is greater than the anticipation of gain."

"Gee Brain, what do you want to do tonight?"
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky- try to take over the world."

It is always better to give than to receive, because when you give you ultimately receive!                                                                         

You are free to speak for yourself.  But you have no right to speak for what I think or what what EVERYBODY thinks.  You are certainly not free to say that everybody thinks EXACTLY the same way you think.  Please get that straight.  It is your thinking which is not logical here!

I find it easy to believe, because most well-adjusted people enjoy being able to do nice things for others. In the case of the people who were given money and told to spend it on others, they were able to do something for somebody else, and didn't even have to make any kind of sacrifice. That's win-win.

That said, without reading the full study I can't be sure, but I wonder if they didn't use adequate controls to differentiate between cause and effect. Perhaps they didn't find that giving away money makes people happy, so much as they found that people who are happy give money away.

Of course he's free to say that everybody thinks exactly the same way he does. He's guaranteed that right by the constitution. Fortunately, he's completely wrong when he does say it. I'm pretty sure you and I are far from being alone in being unimpressed (at least in a good sense) by his displays of reasoning.

KY Floyd - You're right, of course.  You said it far better than I.

Dude, again I am still here, i can read your messages whats up with the insults that hurts, did I insult you in anyway, or did I provide constructive criticism, think about it.

ps. yours and everybody else's insult attacks on me personally do hurt.

if i was given $20 and told to spend it on someone else, id feel bad , cuz i didnt get on the sample that got to spend it on myself.

oh hehe, of course I could buy flower for my GF,  thats kinda like spending it on yaself. :P

I think one would be neutral because you have no attachment or immediate use for it if it was just given to you, now if you worked for that money and was told to give it away then that's a different story because you would feel you would have rights to posses it. 

Is $20 in Australia the same amount as it is in the US?