Ron Gutman: The hidden power of smiling

http://www.ted.com Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your smile can be a predictor of how long you'll live -- and that a simple smile has a measurable effect on your overall well-being? Prepare to flex a few facial muscles as you learn more about this evolutionarily contagious behavior.

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[Patrick Boland]

Barry Obama?

[neogovernment]

* A young lady came home from a date, rather sad. She told her mother, “Jeff proposed to me an hour ago.”

“Then why are you so sad?” her mother asked.

“Because he also told me he was an atheist. Mom, he doesn’t even believe there’s a hell.”

Her mother replied, “Marry him anyway. Between the two of us, we’ll show him how wrong he is.”

[justgivemethetruth]

Nothing like seeing one of the Koch brothers smiling because they know they are going to live a long life with no real problems while being selfish and greedy to not share their bounty or even pay their taxes ... not the kind of smile that makes me happy.

[justgivemethetruth]

I'm trying to smile,but this seems like those phony positive things that there is just no upside in disagreeing with because even though it is a bunch of nonsense (not all of it but just the idea that if you smile falsely you will live longer) that you cannot even talk about. Argh ... like Barbara Ehrenreich's book "Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America" ... the foolish use of these ideas is actually oppressive, making it harder to smile.

[Erickson Revoredo]

Chaplin was right.

[Carl Barfield]

Yea, people refer to him as Barry, especially people that know him.

[Rocktard McGillicuddy]

:)

[Mohammed Alharbi]

dude I am fucked up now

[Kimmehface]

I LOVE SMILINGGGGGGGGG. SMILE WITH ME!

[boomboomonaleaf]

Wow there are negative comments every where you go. Maybe their life just sucks. Smile friends :)

[TheRooster602]

I want a TED talk that explains hostility to Mother Teresa.

[TheRealGov]

Mike tyson never smiled, and he was the shiiiiiiiiiit