[webhat]

Thanks for the information, I was guilty of perpetuating this myth too.

[biggfoot]

You're not alone! The most upvoted answer on Quora did this too. http://www.quora.com/Procrastination/How-do-I-get-over-my-ba...

Credit to the author, he wrote an (equally well received) apology after he was corrected in this.

[kristofferR]

I disagree actually. It's obviously not a legitimate scientific hypothesis, and shouldn't be presented as such, but it's still a really useful way to think about procrastination.

[biggfoot]

People do present it or use it as a scientific fact.