enh, there are other options, like in a simulation scenario where your body is hardware, your mind is software, and your free will is user input but really choice is just a post hoc quale of the part of your mind that exists to come up with a plausible story for the cops
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Why can't the mind itself be the ego?
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why can't the coffee be the mug? the ego is the the part that says I AM. most of your mind doesn't bother with that. you do most of your thinking perfectly happy to be ignorant of who "I" might be.
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It doesn't have to say "I AM" to be part of an I. The foot doesn't know it's part of a body, but the hand will still keep a door from slamming on it. The mind is even more unified. When anything happens to a part, all other parts know right away.
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By contrast, the hand will generally not keep a door from slamming on a doorjam. Does it hurt? How would you even know?
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