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minus-squareMudManlinkfedilink140•3 months agoBut just to be clear, I believe it. I just don’t do it.
minus-square@Bearsly@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish16•3 months agoScience isn’t the boss of me. Just my body, mind, and pretty much everything else.
minus-square@Venator@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months ago reactance theory informs us that whenever a person tells us what to do and how to do it, we respond with defensive defiance because we want to maximize our personal freedom and decision-making. http://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/do-the-right-thing/201407/giving-people-advice-rarely-works-does?amp Just cos I know it’s good advice doesn’t make me want to do it, and if I don’t want to do it, I can’t, that’s just science.
But just to be clear, I believe it.
I just don’t do it.
Science isn’t the boss of me. Just my body, mind, and pretty much everything else.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/do-the-right-thing/201407/giving-people-advice-rarely-works-does?amp
Just cos I know it’s good advice doesn’t make me want to do it, and if I don’t want to do it, I can’t, that’s just science.