“The author is projecting his vapidity on the whole human race.” Yes. Thank you. Does the author think nobody knows how a fridge works, and actually there is

“The author is projecting his vapidity on the whole human race.” Yes. Thank you. Does the author think nobody knows how a fridge works, and actually there is nothing to know? I recognized immediately in the metaphor of “selves as fictional characters” that the author would be arguing we are all “spin all the way down” — just stories we tell ourselves. If you work on stripping away the stories, you will find there is a “you” underneath, after all. A lot of the things we tell ourselves are not true, but that doesn’t mean there is no truth of the matter. You can even ask yourself, when you are telling yourself a story, is that really true? And you may find yourself answering, “Well, no...” You have to at least believe in yourself (so to speak) to make progress in knowing yourself, getting along with yourself, and loving yourself.