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Episode 1754 Scott Adams: Willpower Is Imaginary. Obesity Is A Knowledge Problem I Am About To Solve

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Will Power Isn't Real

If will power were real consistently, the people who have it would be able to resist everything. But what we have is different urges. My urge for certain vices, lessy alcohol. I don't do it now, but i never had a great urge for it in the past. So once you understand that peoples tions are based on just their operating on greater urges, and some urges are greater than others, then you understand everything. Will power isn't real. You can't pick up a handful of it.You can't get a buck tive will power. I can't give it to youhere's my final argument for why will power isn'treal: because you have

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