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Re:“Learning How to Learn,” the most popular course on Coursera by 1123581321 on Friday August 25, 2017 @08:59AM (#15098081)
That doesn't make sense. Cal Newport's audience was built from the beginning around one person's efforts to get more work done. It's always been an anecdotal/self-experimental approach. Why quit reading now?

Probably the biggest testable assertion Cal makes is that focus is a muscle that can be strengthened and called on a schedule rather than a depletable, fickle resource. This is consistent with current research: http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/03/psychologys-favorite-th...

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Re:“Learning How to Learn,” the most popular course on Coursera by JamesBarney on Saturday August 26, 2017 @01:42PM (#15106468)
Do they have any studies where they manipulate people's beliefs about willpower to see if that affects it?

This study has a been confound which is equivalent too "we asked a bunch of people if they thought they were strong. People who said yes we're stronger than people who said no! Therefore believing your strong is how to become stronger!"

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