> The problem is that consciousness happens "now" Well, if it doesn't? Rather, you have a statechange between two times and you don't know when the change happ

> The problem is that consciousness happens "now" Well, if it doesn't? Rather, you have a statechange between two times and you don't know when the change happened any more exact than that. The notion of the now is just a placeholder of a state, for future reference. It's an abstract idea anyhow. But thought arises from statechanges, seeing how nothing would happen if everything stayed the same.