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I don't really get what he means here. >you can't (want to)* want what you want It seems to me that "want to want what you want" is a tautology, if you want s
by theGnuMe 4y ago
I don't really get what he means here.
>you can't (want to)* want what you want
It seems to me that "want to want what you want" is a tautology, if you want something you already want to want it.
you can't (want to want what you want).
you can't want to want to want what you want).
And it is recursive:
you can't (want to want to want it)
- suslik 4y agoI think this is just a wordplay that abuses the imprecision of the word 'want'. For example, a drug addict wants (as in has a very strong internal, biology- and subconsious-driven desire for) heroin, but doesn't want to want it (as in when thinks about it consciously).
- theGnuMe 4y agoI don't see that beyond holding two one or more beliefs in juxtaposition which is the definition of uncertainty. A chemical addiction is not a "want".
- fluoridation 4y ago>It seems to me that "want to want what you want" is a tautology, if you want something you already want to want it. Tell that to an addict.
- theGnuMe 4y agoTell what? I am not sure I am following you... can you be more specific?
- fluoridation 4y agoThat wanting something implies that you want to want it.
- theGnuMe 4y agoWhy the focus on the "addict"?
- fluoridation 4y agoOften addicts don't want to want they things they're addicted to.
- originalmind 4y agoI want to watch porn. And I want to not want to watch porn.