I’d say that the normal temporal dimension we impose on reality is related to, but not the same, as the kind of time that underpins our consciousness.
As you say, memory is a process, not a static snapshot; the act of being sentient cannot be usefully be broken down into a sequence of mind-states based at instances on the timeline.
But perhaps there can be something more like a dynamic snapshot; atomic slices of consciousness that span over normal time, and represent a combined state/process from which ‘this moment, this thought, this feeling’ can be abstracted.
There’s lots of ways to twist the kaleidoscope and interpret the underling structure, and they’re all (of course!) related to each other
I’d say that the normal temporal dimension we impose on reality is related to, but not the same, as the kind of time that underpins our consciousness.
As you say, memory is a process, not a static snapshot; the act of being sentient cannot be usefully be broken down into a sequence of mind-states based at instances on the timeline.
But perhaps there can be something more like a dynamic snapshot; atomic slices of consciousness that span over normal time, and represent a combined state/process from which ‘this moment, this thought, this feeling’ can be abstracted.
There’s lots of ways to twist the kaleidoscope and interpret the underling structure, and they’re all (of course!) related to each other