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    Without such binding, a dense continuum of discrete acts ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Broad's model meets the requirements of the Modest Continuity Thesis

    Without such binding, a dense continuum of discrete acts remains a sequence of snapshots, not a continuous consciousness.

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    • 1.Consciousness exhibits temporal unity: we experience past, present, and future as interconnected, not isolated moments.
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    • 2.Without integrative binding, neural activity would produce only disconnected qualia with no unified perspective or sense of self.
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    • 3.Memory and anticipation require some mechanism linking discrete moments into coherent narrative experience.
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    • 1.Binding itself is a metaphor; no empirical evidence identifies a specific neural mechanism that unifies discrete acts.
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    • 2.Rapid temporal succession of acts can feel continuous without additional binding—like film frames creating illusion of motion.
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    • 3.The claim assumes consciousness requires unity, but fragmented awareness might still constitute genuine phenomenal experience.
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