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JamesBarney10/11/20241 replyview on HN

How much less likely do you think someone with high self control is to not be obese?

12%. Which shows that your intuitions about obesity and the causes are probably wrong.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717171/


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gooosle10/13/2024

Someone with high self control that wants to be non-obese, has a nearly 100% chance of accomplishing that goal. Literally by definition.