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Visa ✈️ SF (Aug 2-14)
@visakanv
I would say “how do you know you want” is the wrong question. My nephews want things and they don’t always know that they want them. Knowing and wanting are separate things
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Visa ✈️ SF (Aug 2-14)
@visakanv
like it might be like “I want to go swimming!” “How do you know you want to go swimming?” “??? I... just want!” reasoning, if there is any, is introduced after the fact. “Because.... because it is a hot day and I want to feel cold” - but he didn’t notice it was hot before
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
reasoning is not the thing i’m asking about, it’s more like... i’m pretty sure it *feels like something* to want to go swimming, e.g. maybe if the kid pays attention to their experience they notice a sensation of being “pulled towards the water” i’m asking about that
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
the phenomenology of desire, not the logic maybe this is a confusing question but i am coming from a background of having my wants deeply suppressed by my parents and they tend to hide under large piles of conditioning and suffering
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Hazard is scared
@natural_hazard
oooooo i've been paying attention to this! gonna describe some different ways they feel - coding ui stuff, a specific vision "i want a thing that moves like this!" and the coolness of the thing blended with the frustration of it not existing
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Hazard is scared
@natural_hazard
-like i'm sorta looking down at my feet bashfully saying maybe this would be kinda sorta maybe interesting i dunno, and then crying and feeling intense longing that in my chest, awareness of fear of judgement but the longing is stronger, and sadness at not knowing how to get
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Hazard is scared
@natural_hazard
-daily interactions triggering a thought, triggering a fleeting thought of a different way things could be, aquick realization that i know what to do to make it happen, then an amping up of feeling and a smile
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