Of course, but nobody is going to say "my reflexes did it". We come up with stories, lines of argumentation, etc. Even though these are "ex post" we often manag

Of course, but nobody is going to say "my reflexes did it". We come up with stories, lines of argumentation, etc. Even though these are "ex post" we often manage to convince ourselves... In Homer's time the Greeks viewed the unconscious as an external (divine) force, the most famous example being Telemachus's sneeze. In a weird way this feels more intellectually honest than the thing we do.