Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Are you really happy?


A short post in the midst of my busy schedule.

I was reading this article and come across this term called Duchenne smile, where it purports that you cannot fake a "real" smile. What it basically means is that if you are really happy, your smile will involve and activate the upper portion of the facial muscles (Orbicularis oculi muscle - for the science fanatics) , which is absence in fake pretentious smile.

With this, you may be tempted to analyse people's smile. But then, some people may also know this theory and can fake a real smile. and you can never know the true mix of the people who know or do not know this. So it leaves you wondering, perhaps even more puzzled now, whether the person is really happy or not.

That.. is the danger of knowledge/information. =)

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