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Comment author: letahl 19 June 2012 02:41:46PM 1 point [-]

I hope you realize the irony in imagining yourself failing at the imagining yourself failing exercise.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 19 June 2012 05:32:30PM 0 points [-]

If imagining a failure brings akrasia, what's wrong about imagining oneself failing at doing undesired things?

The dangerous thing is imagining oneself failing at things one wants to happen.

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