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you used the word instant quite a bit. and the word moment a few times. notably, to define what an instant is. was there any particular reason you didn't just use the term moment throughout?

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Probably subconscious. I tend to use "instant" when trying to sound more technical/physics-y and "moment" when being more conversational. If time is emergent, both words are describing the same phenomenon.

It's like the difference between saying "temporal coordinate" versus "when", one sounds more scientific but they're pointing at the same thing.

This might be a really dumb question, but how do you use "temporal coordinate" in a sentence where you would use "when"? For example: "When I walked my dog ..."? :D

Probably something like "In a strike of great coincidence, we both met because we went walking our dogs at the same temporal coordinate"

Thanks! I will be using it. :D

Are there any more examples besides "when" -> "temporal coordinate"?

Not at this moment.

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