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[Purple Rabbit]

As stated that all sounds like nothing more than sensory feedback. Blood sugar low? This affects what? Somekinda markers where? In the brain. When something in the body is not 'right' the body sensors send signals to the brain to let "YOU" know.

Damage the brain where these markers reside and these markers are affected (well DUH) and that will lead to decision making problems. That seems to support my contentions.

Lop off your head, place it in life support and the only thing your brain will now lack is sensory input.
If those sensors and input can be artificially reproduced you will remain you.

I could be wrong. But it is not the body that interfered with the decision making in your link. It was damage to the brain where this input is registered.

Under 'normal' conditions you need a body to fill the markers. And yes you can fake the input. I did not argue against that. The question arose as to where the self resides. If you acknowledge that decision-making is typically a trait that defines the self, than you would have to conclude that the self does not reside in your brain alone. Now, what is your evidence that it does?