The Gap Between Knowing What To Do, and Actually Doing It
The Gap Between Knowing What To Do, and Actually Doing It This quote, which a quick google search attributes to just about every ancient philosopher, is scientifically false, or at least incomplete. That doesn’t mean it isn’t useful, but we should understand the nuances that come with it. I mean, how many things are you NOT doing that you know you should do? How much healthier should you be eating? How much more exercise should you be getting? How much less time should you be spending on screens? And how much less should you be judging people that aren’t doing what they should be doing? To know, and not to do, is to have various impediments in life which have nothing to do with character, motivation, or knowledge. (Or at least, I don’t believe we have the right to judge these factors for others, and do a poor job judging ourselves.) Whenever I’ve explored gaps between someone’s beliefs in what would help them, and the inability to act on them, I’ve always found a reasonable expla...