No ‘real me’ exists free of social influence because brains rationalize desires

Evidence

The overwhelming number of truth-cloaking mechanisms in our brains has convinced Hood that the self is an “illusion.” Whether or not this is the best framing, we should certainly abandon the idea that the self is a “real me” cordoned off from any social influence. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 293

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Foisting uniqueness on everyone is itself a cruel status demand — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 298; Awareness of culture’s mechanisms destroys the ability to hold earnest taste. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 751; We-subject feeling is a solipsistic illusion with no real social being

Broader Connections

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