Science shows that self-discipline taxes the soul(iijiij.com)

Science shows that self-discipline taxes the soul

http://www.iijiij.com/2012/09/01/science-shows-that-self-discipline-taxes-the-soul-014481

6 comments

diego14년 전

Here's a much better article on the topic by Dan Ariely. This is one of his primary areas of research, and he addresses it in his books (including a description of his experiments).

http://danariely.com/2012/08/15/understanding-ego-depletion/

I made a separate submission for the above link, it deserves it.

aniijbod14년 전

Thanks Diego, I checked out the posting you linked and you're right, he definitely raises other highly relevant issues, probably much more eloquently than I did in my own article.

The mental resource that is being impacted by such things as exercising self-control seems to go far beyond anything we typically define as 'ego' as in self-image and I think the implications are therefore even more wide-ranging than ego-depletion, although he does seem to imply that he appreciates this.

draggnar14년 전

"ego depletion"... sounds like something from zen buddhism

momotomo14년 전

Some koans have the goal of exhausting this kind of reserve through trying to deeply explore and attempt to solve a paradox. I think the intent is to gain experience of this kind of depletion to better understand its impacts (at least from my experience of it).

ninguem214년 전

This point and similar ones are made in the book "Willpower" by Baumeister and Tierney. They provide references to the research.

aethertap14년 전

I'll have to check some of the primary sources on that, but it seems true (and obvious) from an intuitive perspective. This would go a long way toward explaining my relatively recent progression toward a zombie-like mental state...

draz14년 전

something about this page crashes my Chrome (Mac, 21.0.1180.82). Anyone else? A link to the text?

FrojoS14년 전

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pcxnrl6vyl73i80/SelfControl.txt

I haven't updated Chrome in the last 3 days - and now I wont :-D (MacBook Air late 2010, Snow Leopard)

eli_gottlieb14년 전

No, really? I had no idea.

FixThisPOS14년 전