Why You’re Likelier to Cheat in the Afternoon
Willpower takes work, and the later it gets, the more your energy runs down
http://science.time.com/2013/10/31/why-youre-likelier-to-cheat-in-the-afternoon/?hpt=hp_t3
A brief one for those of my reader(s) that like that sort of thing. People are more likely to cheat later in the day as they get tired than they are earlier in the day when they are fresh. On a related note, there is this new idea called “Decision fatigue” where decisions get more conservative as the day wears on (for instance, judges were several times more likely to grant early release if asked before lunch than after lunch).
It really amazes me that we have managed to create a society at all, given how damn dumb we are and how programmed by instinct we are.
