Quote from: tee-rex on March 07, 2015, 01:32:44 PM

Quote from: Bit_Happy on March 07, 2015, 01:52:23 AM

I just saw a PBS show about emotional health that claims "social connections" are required for happiness. Do you believe this is true? ...or
Perhaps it is propaganda to undermine the happiness of independent people who don't always require the "emotional support" of others?

What do you think?
Is it true that strong "social connections" are required for happiness?

Human beings are social creatures, and they require communication and social ties with other humans to keep their mental health in order. If you take a social animal (say a horse) and deprive it of interaction with other animals or humans (not necessarily of the same species), it will first become furious then lethargic and may even die in the end.

and if all the others "so called bipeds" are animals, what an human being has in common with them? at least real clean animals know naturally how to behave... I forget their mothers weren't indoctrinated...