Would You Rather...

[Left Coast]

Would you rather be wrong and happy, or right and miserable?

 

[Father Heathen]

Would you rather be wrong and happy, or right and miserable?

I'll take the ugly truth over the beautiful lie.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Would you rather be wrong and happy, or right and miserable?

Its a 'Grass is greener' situation.

 

[Thief]

I'm right all the time

and tickled pink to be so

 

[Unveiled Artist]

Would you rather be wrong and happy, or right and miserable?

It depends. I rather be wrong and happy if I know being wrong won't be detrimental to my life. What's wrong with being wrong if it doesn't hurt others or oneself?

I rather rather be right and miserable because if I had a terminal illness, because I feel I have a right to know what's going on and address my mental and physical destraughtness while in the know.

My question is why does right have to be with miserable and wrong with happy?

I wouldn't say right and miserable are opposites of each other. That, or people see themselves as internally miserable and feel bad when they associate themselves as right and happy. They need a balance.

 

[chinu]

Would you rather be wrong and happy, or right and miserable?

If one is having fun by being right and miserable,
Than there's no need to worry about anything.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Would you rather be wrong and happy, or right and miserable?

In my experience, "wrong and happy" is only ever a momentary thing. "Wrong and happy" usually turns to a worse version of "right and miserable" when the world inevitably corrects your mistaken understanding.

 

[chinu]

I'll take the ugly truth over the beautiful lie.

For example a beautiful lady who is lying ?

 

[amorphous_constellation]

could it be like an x and y axis thing ?

 

[columbus]

In my experience, "wrong and happy" is only ever a momentary thing. "Wrong and happy" usually turns to a worse version of "right and miserable" when the world inevitably corrects your mistaken understanding.

This.
As long as reality won't come back and bite you because you're wrong being happy is better. If believing Jesus will save you after death makes you happy, fine. Being wrong about the importance of that grindy noise coming from the brakes on the car could make you very unhappy when you find out the truth by crashing.
Tom

 

[Left Coast]

Its a 'Grass is greener' situation.

Say more about that.

 

[Left Coast]

could it be like an x and y axis thing ?

Do you mean there's a point of diminishing returns of wrongness?

 

[Polymath257]

A relevant story by Voltaire:

The Good Brahmin by Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire

I prefer to be miserable and yet have knowledge (or doubts).

 

[stvdv]

Would you rather be wrong and happy, or right and miserable?

I am right and "miserable" (having plenty challenges). But being right, makes the challenges much more easy, while being wrong, is just wrong.

 

[Sunstone]

It seems you can split the world into sorts of people. Those who live for happiness, and those who live to achieve a purpose or goal. It's easy to imagine the former picking "wrong but happy", and the latter picking "right but miserable".

 

[Cooky]

Would you rather be wrong and happy, or right and miserable?

It depends on the situation. Sometimes one could be right and miserable, while waiting for something to occur afterwards that will make them happy.

...Like telling your partner to save money and stay home bored, in preparation for a fun filled future vacation.

 

[Thief]

somewhere along the way....
I've been tickled pink......I was wrong

 

[Onoma]

I'd rather live in a state of flux in between the two

Anything else would be too boring for me

 

[bobhikes]

Would you rather be wrong and happy, or right and miserable?

Wrong and happy

 

[Left Coast]

Wrong and happy

Tell us why.