Impressions are not directly in our controll

Check "I receive impressions" about this: **Only beliefs and will are in our control** - Impressions fall under belief/judgment, making them controllable

 Claude:

You're absolutely right to question this. Let me check what the "I Receive Impressions" text actually says about impressions and control:

I Receive Impressions

From the text: **"I receive impressions. For the moment, let [us] take these as being out of our control."**

And later: **"As I said, for the time being we are assuming that these impressions are not in our control. But what _is_ in our control is how we react to them. We can assent, or not assent."**

**So I was wrong.** The text explicitly states:

- **Impressions themselves = NOT in our control**

- **Our assent/refusal to impressions = IS in our control**

## Corrected Understanding

**What we control:** Our choice to assent or refuse impressions  

**What we don't control:** The impressions that arise in our minds

This makes the system even more precise:

- You can't stop false value impressions from appearing

- You CAN refuse to assent to them when they do appear

- You CAN consciously formulate better impressions and assent to those

**The impression management system works by controlling our response to uncontrollable mental events.**

This actually strengthens the system - you're not responsible for what pops into your mind, only for what you do with it once it's there.

Thank you for catching that error!