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Knowing better, doing worse: the science behind self-sabotaging behaviour (www.unsw.edu.au)
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[–] woodytrombone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Knowing nothing about behavioral psychology—it seems like a pretty big reach to go from "intentionally makes suboptimal choices in a video game" to "THIS IS HOW SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS MANIFEST"