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Re:The best way to exercise self-control is not to exercise ... by joshocar on Saturday August 15, 2020 @07:08PM (#24173211)
There is a difference between anecdotal evidence and scientific evidence. There is also the issue of what is true for an individual might not actually be true for most people.
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Re:The best way to exercise self-control is not to exercise ... by KMag on Sunday August 16, 2020 @10:19PM (#24183244)
I totally agree, but I think you should be more explicit in pointing out that this is an experimental validation of folk knowledge, which is an important step. There are plenty of instances of folk knowledge being completely wrong (at least for the mean/median/common case), despite "nearly everyone" knowing it.
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