Guess what? It turns out that I have way more need to be acknowledged, affectionately, than I like to think. Or like to pretend. I'm not sure there's a difference.
I think it can be. I was referring more to the specific construction, "I like to think," than the meaning of "to think," but it's interesting to speculate that the latter might be a form of pretense.
seems to imply a kind of doubling. the liking and the thinking being a bit of a pretend and pretending is a sort of exploration. formally, mimesis, but with much more interesting uses in everyday life. playing, learning, subrterfuge, criminality. i used to like that stuff about mimesis, i seem to remember something interesting from roger callois about it, and stuff about doubles.
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and pretending is a sort of exploration. formally, mimesis, but with much more interesting uses in everyday life. playing, learning, subrterfuge, criminality.
i used to like that stuff about mimesis, i seem to remember something interesting from roger callois about it, and stuff about doubles.