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Re:Imagining Life as a Stack of Mental States by Rainymood on Monday June 03, 2019 @02:07AM (#20080756)
>If I like my blanket-tea-kindle-bed ritual, it's because I like my blanket-tea-kindle-bed ritual.

But why stop there? What you are saying now feels (to me) much like circular reasoning: I like X because I like X. But why do you like X? I also like to lie in my blanket and read with a cup of tea because: it is comfortable, it is safe, it is stimulating for the mind ... so I urge you to think why do you like your ritual

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Re:Imagining Life as a Stack of Mental States by callesgg on Monday June 03, 2019 @05:40AM (#20081639)
There is never a clear answer to why something is the way it is. The answer depends on the context in which you ask the question.

Which context is best to use is impossible to answer. You don't know all the contexts.

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