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In other fields, there’s an understanding of how common it is for our actions not to line up with internal goals. In economics, revealed preference theory says that what we value is better revealed by our behaviors than our judgements. ‮..

Why do we do things that are bad for us? The ancient philosophers had an answer | Well actually | The Guardian
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In other fields, there’s an understanding of how common it is for our actions not to line up with internal goals. In economics, revealed preference theory says that what we value is better revealed by our behaviors than our judgements. “You might say: ‘What I most wanted was to stick with this resolution to go to the gym three times a week,’” Holton said. “But insofar as you’ve stopped doing that, then that shows that wasn’t really what you wanted.”

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In other fields, there’s an understanding of how common it is for our actions not to line up with internal goals. In economics, revealed preference theory says that what we value is better revealed by our behaviors than our judgements. “You might say: ‘What I most wanted was to stick with this resolution to go to the gym three times a week,’” Holton said. “But insofar as you’ve stopped doing that, then that shows that wasn’t really what you wanted.”

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