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Robert Sapolsky on Free Will and Determinism
The Michael Shermer Show
The Replication Debate on Blood Sugar Level and Self-Control
In this chapter, they discuss a debate about the replication of a study on blood sugar level and self-control. They explain that the frontal cortex of the brain is expensive in terms of energy and discuss the legitimacy of the effect, stating that it is not as strong as originally believed. They also mention challenges to other studies, such as the hungry judges finding, and highlight the importance of distributed causality in understanding these effects.
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