This paper critically examines speculative consciousness hypotheses commonly encountered in contemporary social media discourse, particularly those combining metaphysical ontology, systems theory, evolutionary reasoning, information theory, cosmology, artificial intelligence, and philosophy of mind. Using a representative composite framework as an analytic exemplar, the paper evaluates how such...
This paper presents a unifying transcultural perspective on human illness, health and wellbeing by integrating insights from cognitive psychology, existential psychotherapy, Zen philosophy, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and quantum consciousness theory. Kahneman and Tversky’s work on heuristics and biases highlights cognitive constraints shaping decision-making, while Yalom’s existential...