On the one hand there is a wealth of scientific observation and analysis to suggest that is indeed what we are, and as for the opposing view offered, well, where are you getting that from? What journal was that published in?
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
Einstein
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy. They told me I didn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life.
- John Lennon