I understand your point, but if we truly are "Ships of Thesus" in meat form, then is consciousness only a present moment phenomena that can merely tap into our

I understand your point, but if we truly are "Ships of Thesus" in meat form, then is consciousness only a present moment phenomena that can merely tap into our biological record-keeping? We may be relying too heavily on the basis that our experience and our sense of being are a combination that begets consciousness; when they may just as likely be separate systems.