Mill thought it would be rational to prefer being a happy fool to being an unhappy person of intelligence.

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John Stuart Mill famously argued that it is better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied, implying that the quality of pleasures matters and that intellectual pleasures are superior to mere physical ones. He believed it was better to be an unhappy person of intelligence than a happy fool.

Mill Thought It Would Be Rational to Prefer Being a Happy