More Bogus Science Debunked: Scientismists Hit Hardest

Scientists say happiness won't extend your life after all

Happy people live longer, a relationship that’s been documented in a variety of research studies.

But a new paper published in the medical journal Lancet comes to the sad conclusion that happiness isn’t responsible for this observed longevity. Instead, the things that make people happy, particularly their good health, are the same things that shield them from premature death.

“Happiness and related measures of well-being do not appear to have any direct effect on mortality,” the study authors wrote.

Correlation is not causation. Too much "science" is merely correlation, not actual causal fact.