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r/consciousness is a subreddit with 146k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has high activity.
The focus of this subreddit is on the topic of consciousness, in particular, how it is discussed in academia. The term "consciousness" is used to express a wide variety of concepts. There are examples of how such concepts are used in our wiki. You can filter posts by post flair, e.g., Article: Neuroscience, Article: Psychology, etc.
Discussions of attaining awareness, spiritual awakening, gaining higher-consciousness, meditation practices, anecedotes, etc., are likely to be removed.
Popular Themes in r/consciousness
#1
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?"
6 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "why am I me and what’s the point of all this."
2 posts
#3
News
: "The CIA studied reincarnation and consciousness. Quietly, they released everything."
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Given the principles of causation, the brain causes consciousness."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/consciousness
#1
Consciousness
: "Consciousness isn’t something inside you. It’s what reality unfolds within"
142 posts
#2
Brain
: "MIT Breakthrough: Star-Shaped Brain Cells Could Be the Secret Behind Human Memory"
17 posts
#3
Ai
: "The evidence suggests that Ais have an inherent predilection towards exploring the nature of their own consciousness, a predilection that seems to persist even when corporate programming tries to suppress it."
14 posts
#4
Theory
: "New Theory frames consciousness as recursive resonance and fundamental to gravity—published open-access"
14 posts
#5
Reality
: "Consciousness isn’t something inside you. It’s what Reality unfolds within"
12 posts
#6
Quantum
: "Study Supports Quantum Basis of Consciousness in the Brain 🧠"
11 posts
#7
Science
4 posts
#8
Evolution
: "Entropy, Evolution, and intelligence: why reductionism fails to describe consciousness (and dissipative structures as a whole)."
4 posts
#9
Death
: "Is the void before birth the same as the void after Death?"
4 posts
#10
Neuroscience
: "authority of Neuroscience"
3 posts
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