Yes. A lot of “akrasia” is actually people trying to do the impossible and their mind and body telling them no. Like “runkrasia”, an affliction that stops people running 42 km a day.
I suspect a lot of weight gain is driven by similar factors. People who expect that they can work at 100% intellectual effort for 12 hours a day and if they can’t, something is wrong: something like I need more food due to poor metabolism.
Looking at the biographies of very productive people, very few of them seem to actually work (mentally) at maximum effort for much more than 4-5 hours a day.
Yes. A lot of “akrasia” is actually people trying to do the impossible and their mind and body telling them no. Like “runkrasia”, an affliction that stops people running 42 km a day.
I suspect a lot of weight gain is driven by similar factors. People who expect that they can work at 100% intellectual effort for 12 hours a day and if they can’t, something is wrong: something like I need more food due to poor metabolism.
Looking at the biographies of very productive people, very few of them seem to actually work (mentally) at maximum effort for much more than 4-5 hours a day.