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Why can't people see what kind of blatant nonsense is involved in saying 'greater overall happiness'? Happiness is a qualitative, subjective experience. I am tempted to say it doesn't even mean *anything*, and may as well be 'God' or 'Flaurgstein', given the way people use it with no coherent definition.

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I would guess that the point of advertising is that people do not carry around magical database supplies in their head and could not possibly be aware of the vast majority of products available.While people might buy products for status, and might infer from a commercial that the product is status-granting, to say that this is 'the whole point of advertising' borders on inanity.

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