This paper describes the stages a
mind must develop through until it can perceive, in the most
abstract sense, that its perceptions activate in the moment.
This may seem obvious, but the paper describes how this
perception is often rejected by the mind. In the terminology of
the paper, "Can Theorist perceive this activation in the moment?
No, Theorist rejects this perception. Why? Because this
perception makes predictions which, if tested, would refute the
experience of existing continuously over time. Without this
experience, Theorist's mind assumes that it would stop
perceiving (i.e., that Theorist would die)."