Researcher slams consciousness theories landscape for inflating theory count
AnnaCiaunica · x · 2026-10-05
Researcher birchlse criticized a widely shared "landscape" of consciousness theories for inflating the number of theories via arbitrary hair-splitting and author listing — categories supposedly include "IIT critiques", "Papineau", "psychedelic", "meditation", "physics", and "mathematical". The comment targets a survey published via The Unjournaling, arguing the map obscures rather than clarifies the field.
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