The myths we didn’t forget

Myth: “Money can’t buy happiness”.

University of Illinois psychologist Ed Diener says: “Very rich people rate substantially higher in satisfaction with life than very poor people do”. 

Myth: “Rich men get more women”.

Trusted woman magazine says: “Just as a dog gets attracted towards bones, women are attracted to males who have the most resources and the ability to manipulate and distribute those resources”.

Myth: “Online gambling presents greater risks of addiction”.

Onlinegamblingmythsandfacts.com says: “Scholarly and scientific evidence does not support this claim. Online gambling can be better monitored to avoid problem gambling than traditional land-based gambling”.

Myth: “Odds of being struck by lightning are better than the odds of winning a land based lottery”.

A doctorate in physics says: “Statistics indicate that in one year alone (1996) 1,136 people won a million dollars or more and an additional 4,520 won $100,000 or more by playing North American lotteries. By contrast, 91 people were killed by lightning during that same year”.