Isn't this just trivially true? Obviously remembering past events is very similar to experiencing the present? We didn't even think we were clever when we stated this as teenage existentialists, how could it really be otherwise?
In a way it seems to be mostly a semantic question.
The interesting bit is to what extent it leads to the conclusion that our conscious mind is not in charge. In some sense that's again trivially true, we only consciously process a tiny fraction of the information we receive, yet we act on a lot more of it, for example when running on a stony trail.
But we can also obviously consciously control our actions on the multi-second timeframe, like "I should have a glass of water, let's go to the tap".
In a way it seems to be mostly a semantic question.
The interesting bit is to what extent it leads to the conclusion that our conscious mind is not in charge. In some sense that's again trivially true, we only consciously process a tiny fraction of the information we receive, yet we act on a lot more of it, for example when running on a stony trail.
But we can also obviously consciously control our actions on the multi-second timeframe, like "I should have a glass of water, let's go to the tap".