Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 months agoThere has to be another rulelemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1752arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1746arrow-down1imageThere has to be another rulelemmy.worldWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 months ago Will-power is a finite resource in the day The scientific name for this is “ego depletion”, but recent evidence is suggesting that it may not actually be a thing, with multiple attempts to replicate the original result failing to do so. In fact, the best evidence for ego depletion seems to be possibly that it’s a sort of nocebo. That if you believe your willpower is spent for the day, you give yourself an additional excuse not to make harder choices.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoThink I’ll go in the opposite direction then and try to train myself to believe that willpower is infinite. Kamina style.
minus-squarecRazi_man@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoTIL. This is going to be my new phrase…sorry, I can’t do that right now as my ego is depleted.
The scientific name for this is “ego depletion”, but recent evidence is suggesting that it may not actually be a thing, with multiple attempts to replicate the original result failing to do so.
In fact, the best evidence for ego depletion seems to be possibly that it’s a sort of nocebo. That if you believe your willpower is spent for the day, you give yourself an additional excuse not to make harder choices.
Think I’ll go in the opposite direction then and try to train myself to believe that willpower is infinite. Kamina style.
TIL.
This is going to be my new phrase…sorry, I can’t do that right now as my ego is depleted.