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Seems to me happiness is quantifiable only in the same sense as pain or depression; it's an internal state that can really only be judged by listening to a subject talk about his feelings.
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Whether quantifying happiness based on a subject's impression can develop ways to help people is a separate question. I'm convinced (though I haven't researched the subject) that emotional states are thought processes whose greatest influence is heredity--that brain chemistry and hard-wired neurological pathways are often determined by genetics early on in a person's life.
That said, there are definitely ways to modify one's initial response to any particular stimulus that may cause unhappiness. And some of the qualities correlating with happy lives mentioned in the article--particularly formation of deep relationships and connections to others--can certainly help ameliorate any hereditary handicaps one may have to being happy.
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