I started posting life insights from my Anki deck on Facebook a while ago. Yesterday, I stumbled over the Site Guide and decided that these could very well go into my ShortForm too. Here is the first:
Which people who say that they want to change actually will do?
People who blame a part of themselves for a failure do not change. If someone says, “I’ve got a terrible temper,” he will still hit. If he says, “I hit my girlfriend,” he might stop. If someone says, “I have shitty executive function,” he will still be late. If he says, “I broke my promise,” he might change.
I started posting life insights from my Anki deck on Facebook a while ago. Yesterday, I stumbled over the Site Guide and decided that these could very well go into my ShortForm too. Here is the first:
Which people who say that they want to change actually will do?
People who blame a part of themselves for a failure do not change.
If someone says, “I’ve got a terrible temper,” he will still hit. If he says, “I hit my girlfriend,” he might stop.
If someone says, “I have shitty executive function,” he will still be late. If he says, “I broke my promise,” he might change.
Source: A LessWrong discussion here.