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Skeptics such as Robert T. Carroll, Claus Larsen, and others have questioned the methodology of the Global Consciousness Project, particularly how the data are selected and interpreted, [2] [3] saying the data anomalies reported by the project are the result of "pattern matching" and selection bias which ultimately fail to support a belief in ...
Collective consciousness, collective conscience, or collective conscious (French: conscience collective) is the set of shared beliefs, ideas, and moral attitudes which operate as a unifying force within society. [1] In general, it does not refer to the specifically moral conscience, but to a shared understanding of social norms. [2]
Virtual collective consciousness (VCC) is a term rebooted and promoted by two behavioral scientists, Yousri Marzouki and Olivier Oullier in their 2012 Huffington Post article titled: "Revolutionizing Revolutions: Virtual Collective Consciousness and the Arab Spring", [1] after its first appearance in 1999-2000. [2]
The sociological approach [5] emphasizes the importance of language, collective representations, self-conceptions, and self-reflectivity.This theoretical approach argues that the shape and feel of human consciousness is heavily social, and this is no less true of our experiences of "collective consciousness" than it is of our experiences of individual consciousness.
In 2003, Columbia University conducted an analogous experiment on social connectedness amongst Internet email users. Their effort was named the Columbia Small World Project, and included 24,163 e-mail chains, aimed at 18 targets from 13 countries. [12] Almost 100,000 people registered, but only 384 (0.4%) reached the final target.
The notion that quantum physics must be the underlying mechanism for consciousness first emerged in the 1990s, when Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose, Ph.D., and anesthesiologist Stuart ...
Social consciousness or social awareness, is collective consciousness shared by individuals within a society. [ 1 ] Social consciousness is linked to the collective self-awareness and experience of collectively shared social identity . [ 2 ]
Harnessing the collective wisdom of people is an area of intense contemporary interest and cutting-edge research. The application of the term to methodologies that are designed to harness collective wisdom is credited to the work of Alexander Christakis and his group, [3] [4] As the challenges society faces today are of extreme complexities, the only solution is to develop technologies capable ...