// Disciplines
Cognitive Science
6 topics
- VTuber Streams and the Sensation of Loneliness/Empathy
When You Sense a Lonely Person Behind the Stream
Sensing a lonely person behind the stream refers to the experience during a VTuber live stream of imagining the human loneliness, fatigue, o…
- Internet Slang
The Power of Words That Only Some Understand
This question considers the special power of words that 'only some understand'—so-called internet slang like 'わかりみ', 'それな', '草'. These words…
- Media Effects Theory
Does Media Connect or Divide People?
This question fundamentally asks whether media (especially SNS and the internet) promotes human connection or fosters division and conflict.…
- Prepper
How Do Helping Each Other and Self-Reliance Coexist?
The question 'How do helping each other and self-reliance coexist?' interrogates the most fundamental tension in prepper thought. Self-relia…
- Mineral and Stone Hobby
Does Learning the Names of Stones Change the Way You See Them?
Does learning the names of stones change the way you see them? This question asks about the influence of language on perception and aestheti…
- ASMR Culture
On the Sensation of Being Touched Without Being Touched
The core of ASMR: the sensation of being touched by sound alone. This question phenomenologically, neuroscientifically, and culturally exami…