Graph: Distribution of Happiness (IMAGE)

University of Vermont

Graph: Distribution of Happiness

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Whether it's Arabic movie subtitles, books in Chinese, Spanish Twitter, German websites, or music lyrics in English -- a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, by scientists at the University of Vermont and The Mitre Corporation, found a clear positive bias in human language. In other words, we -- humanity -- "use more happy words than sad words.

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Courtesy Dodds et al., <i>PNAS</i>

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