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As an aside, the research on ego depletion that he quotes in uncritical terms has been completely discredited. The phenomenon does not exist. Of course, to know
by piccolbo 9y ago
As an aside, the research on ego depletion that he quotes in uncritical terms has been completely discredited. The phenomenon does not exist. Of course, to know that you need to read science blogs, not books. But there are books about ego depletion, several, filled with lies. When the container is more important than the content, I suppose truthfulness is a secondary concern.
- piccolbo 9y agoAnd by the way, I couldn't care less about this post, it's just that I can't stand seeing ego depletion theory repeated forever and the fine minds of HN readers contaminated by it.
- kristianp 9y agoInteresting. HBR has a recent article on the topic, so they don't think its dead: https://hbr.org/2017/05/your-brain-can-only-take-so-much-focus https://hbr.org/2017/05/your-brain-can-only-take-so-much-foc...