Science Proves Altruism Leads to Happiness
Much like the church’s raid of science (Christian Science) and the environmentalists’ assault on the method (humans are ruining everything), the socialists now want a piece of the action.
Endorsed/reviewed by The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for publication in their journal “Science,” social psychologist Elizabeth Dunn of the University of British Columbia has concluded that altruistic spending leads to happiness.
Based on her survey of 632 Americans, another survey of 16 bonus recipients in Boston, and handing out $5 or $20 spots to 155 University of British Columbia students (!), she concluded that those who gave their money away rather than spent it on themselves were happier at the end of the day.
Her conclusion is not supported by the experiments/surveys. Not only are the samples small, but also she confuses these correlations with cause-effect relationships. 
Regardless of income levels, those who spend more than they make are constantly under stress, and simply don’t have surplus wealth to give away.
Perhaps being submerged in the morass of socialism that is Canada, she goes on to use her “science” as a reason for increased socialism. From a report in ScienceNOW Daily News by Elsa Youngsteadt, “She hopes the finding might someday spur policymakers to promote widespread philanthropy that could make for a more altruistic–and happier–population.”
So-called policymakers are in the business of deciding where government force is used. I wonder if altruism still makes people happier at the point of a gun?
With the help of AAAS, this “scientific study” will be likely be put in to sound-bite format and fed to the public. Just like Hitler used science to help convince the masses that the Jews must be murdered, she’s using science to convince the masses that we must force each other in to a lifetime of altruism and slavery—for our own well being!