And roughly there are two kinds of models: 1. external behavioral/statistical models; 2. internal causal models (with perhaps statistical submodels). Science (and people) really prefer 2, but they are the hardest to obtain. Crossing that "why-line" too soon is dangerous. 2/2
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"how" as in the mechanics, causes and effects, probabilities, etc. Insofar science can quantify causes and effects around happiness, it certainly isn't mute about it. But not prescriptive. And its a very subjective area …
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The problem is that science doesn't exist in a vacuum so yes it ends up being used prescrively by exactly those kinds of people.
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