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by robocat 1777 days ago
We naturally do this to ourselves: programming ourselves using positive and negative reinforcement/stimulus. Our “rational” selves are capable of training some odd responses into our “irrational” selves. Some people do it very purposefully.

One of the central themes of 1984 was thought-crime and how one was trained to recognise and avoid it (without ever specifying the parameters of its definition!)