pjeby comments on Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting - Less Wrong

142 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 January 2011 12:15AM

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Comment author: Dreaded_Anomaly 02 January 2011 06:54:11PM 4 points [-]

I think you might be assuming causation from correlation. It seems like one could argue just as well that people who inherently have longer lasting willpower are less likely to view it as an expendable resource.

Comment author: pjeby 02 January 2011 11:59:01PM 7 points [-]

It seems like one could argue just as well that people who inherently have longer lasting willpower are less likely to view it as an expendable resource.

Fortunately, they controlled for that in the studies by doing one where they primed people with the relevant beliefs, as well as one where they just used people's existing beliefs. ;-)