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 "Feeling happier isn't what explanations are for. Explanations are for [predicting our observations](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/a7n8GdKiAZRX86T5A/making-beliefs-pay-rent-in-anticipated-experiences).
 
-Emotions, too, are functional: 
+"Emotions, too, are functional: happiness measures whether things in your life are going well or going poorly, but does not _constitute_ things going well, much as a high reading on a thermometer measures heat as 'temperature' without itself _being_ heat.
 
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-If the explanation that predicts your observations makes you unhappy, then the explanation—and the unhappiness—are functioning as designed."
+"If the explanation that predicts your observations makes you unhappy, then the explanation—and the unhappiness—are functioning as designed."