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.)
You cannot build a sculpture by sweeping and piling up the detritus in your workshop, you’ll always end up with a heap
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I think that I'm sweeping out the detritus in the collective workshop to reveal the mosaic on the floor.
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Collecting everything that could be true is only one half of the thought process. The other half is about throwing everything away that is not.
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