roland comments on Checklist of Rationality Habits - Less Wrong

117 Post author: AnnaSalamon 07 November 2012 09:19PM

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Comment author: roland 07 November 2012 04:30:25PM 7 points [-]

Recent example from Anna: Using grapefruit juice to keep up brain glucose, I had

The idea that will power or thinking depletes brain glucose has been debunked:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ulterior-motives/201211/is-willpower-energy-or-motivation http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/ej7/link_motivational_versus_metabolic_effects_of/

Comment author: gwern 07 November 2012 05:22:23PM 21 points [-]

But nevertheless, the suggestion of sweets will still work per your own links. A nice example of how revised theories remain consistent with old observations...

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 13 November 2012 06:22:53AM *  0 points [-]

Supposedly gargling sugary lemonade works: http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/11/08/need-a-self-control-boost-gargle-with-sugar-water/

Edit: sorry, this is redundant w/ roland's links.

Comment author: aelephant 09 November 2012 11:27:46PM 0 points [-]

I missed this somehow. Thanks for posting the links.

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