On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Russ Abbott <russ.abb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's the end of cheeriness. > I don't know, Nick seems cheery enough when contemplating the murder of colleagues for their espousal of free will, the only purpose of which is to justify the murder of those whose opinions or actions we don't like. But he doesn't need the justification because they're driving him to the act. There was a lovely lifehacker post this week about what will power looks like when you leave a 4-year-old alone in a room with some tasty treat and tell them they can have it when the researcher returns to the room. http://lifehacker.com/5216129/learn-willpower-techniques-from-the-marshmallow-test -- rec --
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