alt Hacker News> please restate what i'm asking you to do and why it's important"
This doesn't actually do anything though, right? There's no understanding, so the machine will just reiterate the original token query back to you. The 'why it's important' part will just generate some patronizing boilerplate as a raison d'etre.
The purpose of a prompt like that is to have it rephrase it in its own words, so you can spot any misunderstandings and correct them.
If you're of the belief that this is a contradiction in terms, then what can I say? It works.