Interesting experiment in article of Dan Gilbert «The surprising science of happiness» (TED Talks) I've read the interesting article «The surprising science of happiness» by Dan Gilbert. I would like to share the idea about synthetic happiness. The unusual observation of the experience with Monet prints was described. The group of people received 10 Monet prints and they should to rank pictures from ones they like the most to the ones they like the least. After person should chose and own one of pictures with numbers 3 and 4. After 1-2 week person have to re-rank pictures. Second time the majority of the group increased the assessment of picture they owned and decrease they didn’t own. This is an example of synthetic happiness. And one the main conclusion is: freedom is friend for natural happiness but enemy of synthetic happiness. It’s important to understand it when we have a deal with things that we cant change.