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consciousness

[kon-shuhs-nis] / ˈkɒn ʃəs nɪs /


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Scientists widely agree that organoids are not capable of consciousness or other higher-order brain functions.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The fallout from Austria’s defeat in World War I gave a first taste of class consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Instead, the findings suggest that very different experiences may sometimes engage overlapping brain processes associated with altered states of consciousness.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

The campaign was part of the reason the case "never properly left the public consciousness", according to Oxford West and Abingdon MP Layla Moran.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Drugged with the aroma of rotting wood, he lost consciousness.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Kirsh is a Prodigy scientist working beside Hybrids, a proprietary invention that involves downloading human consciousnesses into synthetic bodies.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2025

Their brains have been surgically altered, dividing their work life and home life into separate consciousnesses which are described by the company as “innies” and “outies.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2025

We attempted to be as objective as possible but were also aware that there are countless other exhibitions that, whatever their contributions to the culture at large, live on in individual consciousnesses.

From New York Times Sep. 25, 2023

In the other central conceit of “Pure Colour,” Mira and her father are paired as dual consciousnesses in a leaf, which functions as an extended metaphor for the interconnected entrapment of grief.

From Washington Post Feb. 16, 2022

As for the appearance of an interval between the object and subject consciousnesses, this is an illusion, like the appearance of two moons when there is only one.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya




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