There's yet another wrinkle: after deploying all that opaque 'methodology,' you can still enrage any residual happy people by misusing a superlative and call it the 'Least Happiest Countries' list.
One can have a list of 'Least Happy Countries,' or name the 'Most Unhappy Country,' or even stretch it to 'Unhappiest Country.' But 'Least Happiest' belongs to the same logical swamp as 'Single Best'; by definition, 'the best' is already simply the best."
There's yet another wrinkle: after deploying all that opaque 'methodology,' you can still enrage any residual happy people by misusing a superlative and call it the 'Least Happiest Countries' list.
One can have a list of 'Least Happy Countries,' or name the 'Most Unhappy Country,' or even stretch it to 'Unhappiest Country.' But 'Least Happiest' belongs to the same logical swamp as 'Single Best'; by definition, 'the best' is already simply the best."
ha yes! There are some ridiculous stuff that could further be deployed. All often used in the real versions without much critique, I might add, too!
I have to admit I use "least favorite" all the time ;-)
Well played!
Thank you 🙏!