Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "consciousness" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "consciousness" over time.
Consciousness is being aware of something internal to one's self or of states or objects in one's external environment. It has been the topic of extensive explanations, analyses, and debate among philosophers, scientists, and theologians for millennia. There is no consensus on what exactly needs to be studied, or even if consciousness can be considered a scientific concept. In some explanations, it is synonymous with mind, while in others it is considered an aspect of it. Read more on Wikipedia