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>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) mu
by Rainymood 7y ago
>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
- mrmonkeyman 7y agoOther things are also comfortable and stimulating in equal measure. I don't want to do them. Thesr reasons are adhoc and we delude ourselves with them. Like we do this advanced calculations, is A more comfortable than B if I do X.. nope. Like the poster above said, you just like it because you like it. Painful for reductionists, but every animal will know what you mean. So there's that, Mr. Dolittle.
- callesgg 7y agoThere 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.