And how come the overwhelming majority of patients don’t quit smoking when their doctor tells them to do so, but people often do quit smoking after they’ve personally experienced the negative consequences (eg had their first heart attack)?
It seems like the obvious answer is “because the experience of abstract words from their doctor isn’t vivid enough to trigger the reinforcement machinery, but the experience of having a heart attack is.”
It seems like the obvious answer is “because the experience of abstract words from their doctor isn’t vivid enough to trigger the reinforcement machinery, but the experience of having a heart attack is.”