Of course, the tools that scientists are using – from advanced imaging to examine the brain’s pleasure centers to microeconomic happiness equations – are not proven in this area. Can an algorithm, however well researched and carefully crafted, ever really capture the relationship between happiness and factors like income, health, lifespan, and education?
当然，科学家在上述领域所用的研究工具——包括研究大脑愉悦中心的高科技成像到微观经济学的幸福方程式——都还没有得到过证实。无论研究体系多么精密，某种算法是否真能捕捉到幸福和收入、健康、寿命和教育等因素之间的关系？