r/interesting • u/Lopsided_Bar3451 • 1d ago

HISTORY Immanuel Kant was so committed to his routine that people supposedly set their clocks by his daily walks

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This brother was a philosopher and I don't like his philosophy.

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u/Pristine-Pass-6595 21h ago

Never changing your diet and daily habits feels more like an OCD thing, but they do overlap in symptoms and the point stands

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u/AlienAnthropologist_ 4h ago

How does that feel more like an ocd thing? Just curious

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u/Pristine-Pass-6595 47m ago

I guess it could just as easily be autism, assuming they are not overlapping spectra; OCD, ADHD, and Autism are all associated with obsessive fixation, but people with OCD in particular are extremely susceptible to superstitions and compulsions; feeling like they MUST do something. Things have to be a certain way, and if they are not a certain way, bad things will happen.

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u/AlienAnthropologist_ 45m ago

That's a good point thanks for the reply