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Another 1-to-1 correlation.

California Bob writes:

An article about how people overestimate their self-control when in a satiated, 'cold state' (opposite of the "gripped by impulse" state).

... raises some interesting questions. We're always critiquing other people, "why don't they just; why can't they just...." Turns out our advice to ourselves isn't even constant from one moment to the next, for example, when we are a buoyant optimist vs. a depressed realist.

If we can't relate to our own selves from situation to situation, how can we hope to relate to others?

' ...In addition, he added, the study results suggest people often can't predict how they will react in a given situation.

"It's not just about eating and addiction, but the 'cold self' has a really hard time understanding what you're capable of, for example, in a moment of despair, in a moment of rage," Nordgren said. '

Update January 2017 replaced missing image and dead link, fixed gif.