Comment on Self-Control Matters Far More Than Raw IntelligenceComments−dan0015y"The reason they chose to hack instead of watch movies goes to the heart of what really separates people with self-control from people without it."I hate stuff like this. When people say that their being is the only right thing.−ryanwaggoner15yI think you're missing the context. He's referencing his friend who says he wants to accomplish X, but does Y instead. It's not that Y < X; it's that the guy truly does want to do X but just can't help doing Y instead.−dan0015yHe uses his friends problem exemplary, but by saying 'they', he generalizes it.
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"The reason they chose to hack instead of watch movies goes to the heart of what really separates people with self-control from people without it."
I hate stuff like this. When people say that their being is the only right thing.
I think you're missing the context. He's referencing his friend who says he wants to accomplish X, but does Y instead. It's not that Y < X; it's that the guy truly does want to do X but just can't help doing Y instead.
He uses his friends problem exemplary, but by saying 'they', he generalizes it.