NPCs are not soulless automatons

NPCs are egregore-controlled humans, they still have an independent mind but their mind is enslaved and used as a tool for expressing the egregore mind, like a two-way radio channel.
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore
Its possible to disrupt the link to egregore by subversive thought insertion(aka memes), allowing the original mind to assert its will and independent thought. The egregore can't focus on multiple mental challenges simultaneously and the "radio channel" has limited capacity.
NPCs can be reformed to PCs.

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Where is the error?
1.Cognition depends on the brain.
2.Impaired cognition means the brain is malfunctioning.
3.Modern urban life presents numerous hazards for brain health from microwaves to junk food.
4.If specific brain circuits responsible for discriminating thoughts malfunction, the person might think incoming information is their own thoughts and beliefs.
5.If a person believes everything mindlessly he is essentially a NPC programmed by background information.