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Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h... by finid on Sunday March 19, 2017 @07:25PM (#13910444)
I think that's just his way of saying that things we like to do or don't like to do in this incarnation are informed by events from previous incarnations.

That makes sense if you believe in reincarnation.

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Re:Author of ‘Sapiens’ on how meditation made him a better h... by yorwba on Monday March 20, 2017 @04:04AM (#13912491)
I parsed it as "past (life patterns) and inclinations" which seemed vacuously true to me, since everything anyone does is influenced by these things.

Apparently, others parsed it as "(past life) patterns and inclinations", which does sound like an unsubstantiated claim about reincarnation.

Thank you for helping me understand the skepticism expressed in this branch of the comment tree.

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