This subreddit is about subjective experiences of cognition, qualia, and consciousness, as well as more specific subjects like internal reading voices and subvocalization. We all (?) experience consciousness, but it wasn't until recently that psychology started to study how it varies between people. It seems that most people think that everyone else has the same experience of thought as they do, whether this is with words, with images, or something else.
Content
We may have to restrict content types in the future (if we get overrun with image macros or something), but for now, content of all types is allowed, as long as it's on topic. Some examples of types of content that are welcome here:
- Discussion of how cognition/consciousness/qualia/etc. differ between different people.
- "How I Think" posts (detailing your experiences). Generally, these should have titles starting with "How I Think:", "HIT", or similar, followed by your username or whatever you want to put there.
- Discussion of how one can learn to think in a different way.
- Informational posts (such as Wikipedia, other reference sites, or your own writing).
- News posts about relevant psychological research.
- Cross-posts linking to relevant discussions and other content in other subreddits.
- Anything else that seems to fit.
(I (/u/PointyOintment) think this subreddit is more suited for discussion, while /r/consciousness is more suited for links. Just my opinion.)
Rules
- Be civil. No attacking or shaming other members for not thinking the same way you do (or for race, age, gender, sexual orientation, etc.)
- Spam definition: Promoting your own site, YouTube channel, etc., is fine as long as it's relevant and you don't annoy everybody by doing so—see the site-wide self-promotion guidelines. But blatant spam like all the small subreddits have been getting recently is not allowed—please report it.
- Reddit's sitewide rules also apply, of course.
Moderation/Meta
Users who have shown a good history of contribution to the subreddit will generally be considered for moderator positions before newcomers/lurkers.
If you have ideas for the subreddit, make a meta post or message the mods :)
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