That title alone is almost certain to result in a pissing match and virtue signalling regardless of where you post it, anyone actually interested in deeper discussion is probably going to skip the thread. Find a well done study that is more about exploring the idea than the conclusion and you might get better results. But measuring happiness is not really possible, it is subjective and personal and often heavily influenced by community; I have done everything my community represents as happiness so clearly I am happy. Are you? The bulk of life is not happy fun times so is anyone actually happy? or when we say we are happy are we just saying that the desire to give up is infrequent and fleeting?