[ExI] addiction

[William Flynn Wallace]

Dave, that's not bad.  It does contain words that could be turned into
experimental manipulations.  But it still lacks the measurement function.
What is short term?  Long term?  How will we define gratification?  All
problems of measurement.   bill w

On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 2:46 PM Dave S via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 7:29 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> and until someone comes up with a noncircular definition of willpower
>> (which would not make me wrong) I rest my case.
>>
>
> "Willpower is the ability to resist short-term gratification in pursuit of
> long-term goals or objectives."
> https://www.apa.org/topics/personality/willpower
>
> -Dave
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