Haha! Yeah I get all that. Really I do, but I stubbornly choose to pretend that it isn't so :-)

I also know that based on many of the deterministic models my mind really owns me, but I choose to ignore that. It gives me a sense of worth to think otherwise. Haha!

I am really fascinated though by the mind and what it really is. As far as i can tell, it is not just thoughts. It is thoughts, feelings, actions (both conscious and unconscious), reactions and memories. Most of which I'd like to think I control, but know I don't.

All of these things can be codified (more so with the advance of technology) to some extent and externalized which allows them to be outside of the purview of ourselves. Our external actions are codified every second by other minds (and now machines).

Oh well, I will shorten this diatribe. Touche, you are technically correct! But dammit I dont have to like it!

Haha! Thanks for the thoughtful article and response.

Off to figure out more delusional ways to keep me to me! :-) And have bad dreams about losing my "mind" (maybe I already lost it)!

By any chance have you ever read the works of Francis Crick (of DNA fame) on neuroscience. Don't agree with all of it (as you might guess) but compelling nonetheless.