It's been several years since I watched the finale of the Good Place but I thought the people coming into heaven had to pass a test and your points from Earth determined how hard or easy the test was (also, was there some implication at some point that the points presented my Michael in the premiere were not the real points?) but they did not need to be perfect and acquire all the points in the test.
Also, "aligns with the post-2016 replication crisis perspective of not recommending that people smile to improve their mood" is very charitable but I think the quotes around "smile" in the presentation imply something more than losing points for suggesting a meaningless action.
I actually didn't think about the scare quotes around "smile", although I agree completely that the actual intent is to not pressure people to act/look a certain way for your own enjoyment.
I think your understanding is correct, my general thoughts are that a number of variables in the system are arbitrary in terms of the things they're testing for, their relative weights, and the degree to which they require you to adhere to their norms, and given that the system was radically mis-calibrated before, I'd like there to be more than one option
It's been several years since I watched the finale of the Good Place but I thought the people coming into heaven had to pass a test and your points from Earth determined how hard or easy the test was (also, was there some implication at some point that the points presented my Michael in the premiere were not the real points?) but they did not need to be perfect and acquire all the points in the test.
Also, "aligns with the post-2016 replication crisis perspective of not recommending that people smile to improve their mood" is very charitable but I think the quotes around "smile" in the presentation imply something more than losing points for suggesting a meaningless action.
I actually didn't think about the scare quotes around "smile", although I agree completely that the actual intent is to not pressure people to act/look a certain way for your own enjoyment.
I think your understanding is correct, my general thoughts are that a number of variables in the system are arbitrary in terms of the things they're testing for, their relative weights, and the degree to which they require you to adhere to their norms, and given that the system was radically mis-calibrated before, I'd like there to be more than one option