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Re:Most of us have a finite supply of willpower by Estragon on Monday September 28, 2009 @05:40PM (#849293)
The will to complete a task is a state of mind. Talking about a "finite supply of willpower" implicitly treats willpower as a substance, rather than a computational state. It's like claiming that a computer has a "finite capacity to run emacs," and you're using this precious capacity up by playing video games.
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Re:Most of us have a finite supply of willpower by akeefer on Monday September 28, 2009 @06:11PM (#849349)
See Perceval's comment above that links to studies showing that glucose levels influence willpower. In other words, it is basically a physical substance on some level.
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