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aswegs8yesterday at 7:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

Ego depletion isn't a thing if you don't believe in it? Who said that? Dr. Goggins?


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arjieyesterday at 7:34 PM

Haha! Listen, the "you can do it if you believe in yourself" stuff always sounds bogus. But there was some stuff around ten years ago about this. Here's an example: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1313475110#F1

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monoidltoday at 2:42 AM

Also when I last checked, "willpower as a finite resource isn't a thing" was simply the scientific consensus

But I agree that doesn't necessarily translate to "willpower is infinite"