He claims that he not only failed, but the data were opposite to his hypothesis.'
>'Kahneman tried to explain the hedonic treadmill via with his own aspiration treadmill. Kahneman's paper where that OP misquotes Kahneman from: He claims that he not only failed, but the data were opposite to his hypothesis. Kahneman tried to explain the hedonic treadmill via with his own aspiration treadmill. 'Beyond the Hedonic Treadmill: Revising the Adaptation Theory of Well-Being'
He's talking about what he called the 'Focusing Illusion'- a fancy way of saying 'the grass is always greener on the other side.' Kahneman isn't talking at all about the treadmill. The author is also misquoting, or misunderstanding, Kahneman. The latter recognizes that while we become accustomed to new things, we still improve in happiness. The former denotes the subject returns to the original state. Moreover, the author seems to be conflating the concept of the treadmill, with adaptation. The Hedonic Treadmill has been disproven.
