Re:Imagining Life as a Stack of Mental States
by coldtea on Monday June 03, 2019 @03:49AM
(#20081211)
That is so absurd, it's not even wrong.
For one, you weren't born with the affection for blankets and tea. You developed it under several conditions. And you chose this particular comforting pass-time other others for several reasons.
Heck, billions of people crave the lifestyles the see on movies and commercials, and e.g. go creating rituals of "hygge" (blankets and hot beverages being essential to it) because they saw a show about it or read about it on Goop and think they will make them as happy as the people in the photos...
For one, you weren't born with the affection for blankets and tea. You developed it under several conditions. And you chose this particular comforting pass-time other others for several reasons.
Heck, billions of people crave the lifestyles the see on movies and commercials, and e.g. go creating rituals of "hygge" (blankets and hot beverages being essential to it) because they saw a show about it or read about it on Goop and think they will make them as happy as the people in the photos...