The self does not have agency. The self is a model of the mind’s agency: it does not make but documents decisions, for learning and communication. That’s why the self is tied to the experience of volition. (The self is also a model of what the mind experiences and how it reacts.)
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Replying to @Plinz
To what extent do you understand this fact intellectually versus experientially?
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Replying to @AlexLYoung
I estimate about 82% vs. 43% but the latter depends on my mental state and it can go up all the way for short periods of time :)
11:36 AM - 21 Apr 2019
from Palo Alto, CA
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