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Does consciousness require continuous (not discrete-step) temporal dynamics?

Underexplored in paper but potentially strongest argument; continuous physical time may be necessary for lived, streaming quality of experience.

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Hybrid Discrete-Continuous Computation
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Brains perform simultaneous discrete operations (spikes) and continuous operations (graded potentials, fields) that co-determine each other; distinguishes biological from digital substrates.

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Paper's phenomenological claim about the temporal character of consciousness
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CIMC's characterization of the current state of the field motivating its research program
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Opens the discussion on minimal conditions for sentience.
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Gradualism implies that if brains are conscious, so are other tissues with similar mechanisms.