It is easy to think to oneself that ones emotions used to be more vivid than they are, and ones mind more keen.

人很容易自思自量，感到自己的感情不如以往强烈，思维不如以往敏锐。

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Singing a song to oneself, counting backwards by 3s, or speeding up so you don't have as much time to think about every aspect of what you are doing can be good things.

反而是自己唱上几句，倒计时三下，或者加快点速度，这样你就没有许多时间去想当前这件事的细节，这反可能件好事。

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In such a world, learning to think for oneself could well be more important than simply learning to read and write.

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So, how do we combat an emotional response to a false premise egged on by the refusal to think for oneself critically?

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This is a precarious position to find oneself in, and I think it can lead a lot of video game writers to just shrug off the problems.

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