“Willpower is not exhaustible” is not necessarily the same claim as “willpower is infallible”. If, for example, you have a flat 75% chance of turning down sweets, then avoiding sweets still makes you more likely to not eat them. You’re not spending willpower, it’s just inherently unreliable.
“Willpower is not exhaustible” is not necessarily the same claim as “willpower is infallible”. If, for example, you have a flat 75% chance of turning down sweets, then avoiding sweets still makes you more likely to not eat them. You’re not spending willpower, it’s just inherently unreliable.