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Winter Notes on Summer Impressions

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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  • Episode: How Do You Deal With Intrusive Thoughts? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 75
    Podcast: No Stupid Questions

    Wegner was directly inspired by a moment from Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 'Winter Notes on Summer Impressions,' one of his non-fiction pieces. Dostoevsky writes, 'Try to pose for yourself this task, not to think of a polar bear, and you will see that the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.' Wegner was intrigued by this idea, prompting him to build an experiment around it.