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consciousness

[kon-shuhs-nis] / ˈkɒn ʃəs nɪs /


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If questions about AI consciousness push people to become more reflective about treating entities and other people with dignity, that could be a net positive for society, she said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

The fear and fascination of that era were "seared into the collective consciousness", Devasundaram told the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“The only way that we can extend consciousness beyond Earth on a sustained basis is with a fully reusable orbital launch vehicle.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

It’s not easy to go through life in a double consciousness, hyperaware that one’s behavior might offend or unease.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Insolent words uttered in the arrogant consciousness of power were always heard in heaven and always punished.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The end of the series really becomes about all of those different consciousnesses having contrasting desires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

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

Rather than bursting into song or breaking into dance at opportune moments, the characters stream their tormented consciousnesses through lyrics that are never as simple as they sound.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2021

Ladd says she's received a message that needs to be shared from "higher dimensional consciousnesses," what she refers to as the "Galactic Federation of Light."

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2021

From this doctrine Spencer took refuge in the strange notion that we possess two consciousnesses, the consciousness of ideas within us and the consciousness of motions without us.

From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by George Woodward Warder


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