How to explain no increase in suicides after proof of a happy afterlife?
A scientist creates device that allows some degree of communication with the afterlife. The communication is very difficult and the dead can only pass small bits of information on, so there is a lot of we still don't know, but it appears so far that most of the Dead are happy in a peaceful place, much happier than they were on Earth. There are some scientists who claim to have communicated with spirits who are living in the place of extreme suffering but those are only a few and not taken seriously by scientific community or the populace generally.
Given this scenario, how do I explain no increase in suicide rates after this device is mass-produced and many people can verify the discovery for themselves?
More detailed information: The device has trouble communicating specific words or concepts but can quite reliably communicate ideas such as happiness or pain. The device has trouble picking out a specific spirit to talk to.
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