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[Letter] Willpower and Akrasia

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Please recommend a non-terrible treatment for akrasia, the unknown biological-level thing that causes me to act irrationality.

[Letter] Willpower and Akrasia [Letter] Willpower and Akrasia August 10, 2020 --> Dear Lsusr, Please recommend a non-terrible treatment for akrasia, the unknown biological-level thing that causes me to act irrationality. Anonymous Dear Anonymous, "You" are not a singular entity. Your conscious mind and unconscious mind are separate entities. The unconscious mind can do many simultaneous tasks but cannot invent new ideas. The conscious mind invents new ideas. Your unconscious mind controls all of your actions by default. To break away from your default behavior and act creatively, your consciou

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