It’s an elephant/rider problem. Treating the mind as a unified whole isn’t helpful when one part wants to get out of the house and another part is terrified of doing so.
Ah. Thanks for the link. Why is that post not front-paged, or indexed somewhere in the wiki?
I was trying to make use of known research that people who believe themselves to be hard workers will work harder, while people who believe themselves to be smart workers will work less. Of course, explaining that would have destroyed the effect, which is why I instead opted to start my post with something intentionally harsh-sounding.
It’s an elephant/rider problem. Treating the mind as a unified whole isn’t helpful when one part wants to get out of the house and another part is terrified of doing so.
Ah. Thanks for the link. Why is that post not front-paged, or indexed somewhere in the wiki?
I was trying to make use of known research that people who believe themselves to be hard workers will work harder, while people who believe themselves to be smart workers will work less. Of course, explaining that would have destroyed the effect, which is why I instead opted to start my post with something intentionally harsh-sounding.
I don’t think that research is especially applicable here.