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The whole idea of ego depletion is controversial and according to this meta-analysis, probably does not exist. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111
by RayVR 8y ago
The whole idea of ego depletion is controversial and according to this meta-analysis, probably does not exist.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjso.12236 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjso.12236
- meesterdude 8y agocontroversial doesn't mean wrong. I've experienced it first-hand and taking steps to manage it has been very helpful. So, maybe what's actually going on will become clarified - maybe it's not ego depletion but some other system interplay; but that something is going on at all should be obvious at this point.
- natalyarostova 8y agoI haven't read the meta-analysis you linked, but based on my prior reading of this topic, I'd suggest it's more correct to say "It probably has not been measured." Whereas it could still exist, but just elude attempts to measure. I also realize you can say this about anything, but ego depletion is one of those topics where it may seem very likely to be true based on our own experience as living humans, but where measuring its effect across a set of humans is incredibly challenging.
- asfasgasg 8y agoYour counterclaim can as easily be said of acupuncture, homeopathy, mindfulness, etc. When a phenomenon that ought to be fairly straightforward to measure defeats repeated attempts to measure it, it is at a minimum fair to say that it probably doesn't exist.