If I know they’re probably not true… And I do. But they still make me expect things.
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I’ll supply an example. I have a rather dreadful phobia of guns, and accordingly, I think they should be illegal.
I would say that this isn’t quite an example, as thinking that guns should be illegal isn’t an expectation. If what you say about your mind in this post is still true today (10 years later), would you give an example of a literal anticipation that you have that you would still describe as “something you know is false”?
I would say that this isn’t quite an example, as thinking that guns should be illegal isn’t an expectation. If what you say about your mind in this post is still true today (10 years later), would you give an example of a literal anticipation that you have that you would still describe as “something you know is false”?