If you have a long-term goal of body-fitness but eat fast food each day then your long term goals are fluctuating wildly. Another possible description of this behaviour is high time-preference, which means your goals are more short-term rather than long-term.
Maybe there is a better word for this behaviour than irrationality?
We also are treading into difficult areas such as free will etc.
If you have a long-term goal of body-fitness but eat fast food each day then your long term goals are fluctuating wildly. Another possible description of this behaviour is high time-preference, which means your goals are more short-term rather than long-term.
Maybe there is a better word for this behaviour than irrationality?
We also are treading into difficult areas such as free will etc.