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		jasonshen on June 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Taking Cold Showers Well, actually there is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion

jamesaguilar on June 10, 2011 [–]

Hmm, it seems like the research is pretty thin at present. I'm going to file this under "slightly more likely to be true than not" until I see more information.

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