When there's a contradiction in our heads we're not happy and will take steps to make the contradiction go away.

当我们的心理活动出现矛盾时,我们会不安，会采取办法,让这种矛盾消失。

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make me feel happy and satisfied artistically, then that's ok with me too.

和能让我开心、让我有艺术满足感的人一起工作，那样对我来说也很好。

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This should make sense, because if an atom has a very high electron affinity, that means it's really happy taking an electron from another atom, or taking a free electron -- that that's very favorable.

这应该是合理的，因为如果一个原子有很高的电子亲和能，这意味着,它非常乐意从另外一个原子那里夺取一个电子，或者得到一个自由电子--这是非常利于发生的。

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It would make the several thousands social psychologists in this world very happy and proud of their field, if that turned out to be true.

世界上成千上万的社会心理学家,都将十分高兴，并且为自己的学科领域感到自豪，如果这点能成为现实。

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So these things will not make us happy.

这些事情不会让我们快乐。

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he could never find that job that would make his father happy.

他从未找到过令他爸爸满意的工作。

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So they are certainly interconnected. However, just getting rid of the anxiety and the depression will not in and of itself make us happy, which is the conventional wisdom today, which is the conventional wisdom "Well,let's just get rid of that depression " and everything will be fine."

就是说他们必然是有关联的，然而，单单摆脱焦虑与压抑并不会,使我们快乐，这一点算是传统的常识，是很多从业的心理学家,“摆脱抑郁,一切都会变好的“

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