Illusion of Progress Example - death row inmate

Changing the way you SEE your Self does not change who your Self actually is. You can convince your Self[1] that your ‘Old Man’ is basically good; but you can’t convince him to ACT that way.[1]

[1] In reality, it is your ‘Old Man’ that is convincing your Self that you/he are basically good...not the reverse. Yes, I see the duality problem here (convincing ‘your Self’ and yet the Self IS the ‘Old Man’). But the S.C.A.M. baked that problem into their narrative…let THEM address it! I’m just borrowing their problem-filled frame; I don’t own it.