This does not contradict what I said. If you use conscious thought as a tool, like deliberately using third person, this can change your perception of your self

This does not contradict what I said. If you use conscious thought as a tool, like deliberately using third person, this can change your perception of your self. I am talking about the usual thoughts you have that are unprompted. I feel like the article is not disagreeing with me on that necessarily. There are also experiments that support that idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjCt-L0Ph5o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjCt-L0Ph5o