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r/consciousness is a subreddit with 137k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size.
The focus of this subreddit is on the academic discourse centered around the topic of consciousness. This includes but is not limited to the science of consciousness (e.g., neuroscience, psychology, computer science, etc.) & the philosophy of consciousness (e.g., the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of psychology, phenomenology, etc.).
This does not automatically include the practice of awareness, expanding one's consciousness, attaining higher-consciousness, and so on.
Popular Themes in r/consciousness
#1
Ideas
: "Reductive physicalism is a dead end. Idealism is probably the best alternative."
37 posts
#2
News
: "The CIA studied reincarnation and consciousness. Quietly, they released everything."
8 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "My dog is dying and I am trying to come to terms with this. I wish I could know if his consciousness will linger in some form. The thought of him just being gone forever is crushing me. What are scientifically plausible answers to this?"
3 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Why is everyone in the community so absurdly hostile?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/consciousness
#1
Consciousness
: "Language creates an altered state of Consciousness. And people who have had brain injuries or figures like Helen Keller who have lived without language report that Consciousness without language is very different experientially."
122 posts
#2
Brain
: "How Our Brain Filters Reality and What Happens When We Lift the Filters"
25 posts
#3
Reality
: "How Our Brain Filters Reality and What Happens When We Lift the Filters"
17 posts
#4
Theory
: "New Theory frames consciousness as recursive resonance and fundamental to gravity—published open-access"
16 posts
#5
Quantum
: "The idea that consciousness is Quantum mechanical was once written off as nonsense, but more and more scientific studies are starting to support it. Interesting interview here about it. What do people think of this idea?"
13 posts
#6
Ai
: "Can we have a ruling and/or sticky thread on self-made and Ai-generated theories?"
11 posts
#7
Science
: "Each of our consciousnesses is an irreducibly subjective reality, with its own first-person facts, and Science will never be able to describe this reality. This also means that reality as a whole will never be able to be described as a whole, argues philosopher Christian List"
8 posts
#8
Self
: "Is there one Self? Many selves? or no Self at all? - interesting article!"
6 posts
#9
Psychedelics
: "Turns out, Psychedelics (psilocybin) evoke altered states of consciousness by DAMPENING brain activity, not increasing brain activity. What does this tell you about NDEs?"
5 posts
#10
Death
: "From Collapse to Continuum: A Quantum Interpretation of Death as a Return to the Wave State"
4 posts
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