[ExI] addiction

[Will Steinberg]

Willpower is the ability to physically execute plans.   That's a simple one

On Sat, Apr 9, 2022, 5:34 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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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