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- Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Olfactory hallucinations
- Replies: 1
- Views: 778
Olfactory hallucinations
When most people hear the word hallucination, they usually think of the auditory or visual kind. However, smell-related hallucinations exist too. There are two terms for them: phantosmia means smelling an odor when none is present, while parosmia is when a real odor is perceived differently than it ...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:55 pm
- Forum: 2.4. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Religion & the Bicameral Mind
- Topic: Voodoo and the Bicameral Mind
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3590
Voodoo and the Bicameral Mind
Because of the ongoing violence in Haiti, I started researching more into the history of the country. Specifically, I wanted to see what is motivating one of the gang leaders responsible for the recent attacks (Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier). One article I read mentioned that he admires former dictator...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: 2.5. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Schizophrenia
- Topic: Justin Mohn’s Deadly Delusions
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7145
Justin Mohn’s Deadly Delusions
Justin Mohn is a man from Levittown, Pennsylvania who is currently awaiting trial for the grisly slaying of his own father, Michael Mohn. The case attracted national attention due to a video Justin posted on YouTube, in which he ranted that the government and “woke mobs” were destroying America, an...
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 10:02 pm
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Consciousness and Time
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5319
Re: Consciousness and Time
I thought of something else along similar lines: the difference between eternalism (also known as four-dimensionalism) and presentism as a philosophy of time. This is partially orthogonal to the “open vs. closed” view of time; one could potentially be an open presentist, a closed eternalist, or an o...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Javier Milei, loneliness, and the bicameral mind
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1608
Javier Milei, loneliness, and the bicameral mind
If you’ve been following the news recently, you know that Argentina just elected a president who is quite “out there”, having run on an extreme anarcho-capitalist platform. He won because of widespread popular dissatisfaction with his opponent’s party, which stemmed from the dismal state of the Arge...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I am working on a book…
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5049
I am working on a book…
I’m actually working on writing something right now that connects to Jaynes’ theory. It’s going to be a three-part book, which hopefully will challenge a lot of people’s underlying assumptions. The first part draws parallels between the current sociopolitical situation in the United States and that ...
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Scientific American—“Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe?”
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5197
Scientific American—“Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe?”
Here’s another article that uses the word consciousness to mean something very different from what Jaynes meant by the term. The sad thing is that they could have easily used another word (like “perception” or “awareness”); if they had done so, the ideas in the article would have been clearer, and ...
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 6:52 pm
- Forum: 2.6. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: The Mentality of Pre-Literate & Pre-Modern Peoples
- Topic: Bicameralism and Regality Theory
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8366
Bicameralism and Regality Theory
I wonder if anyone’s ever done a comparison between Jaynes’ theories and those of Agner Fog, known for his theory of regal and kungic societal structures , or regality theory ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regality_theory ). The two theories aren’t necessarily incompatible, as the regality theory h...
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 3:37 pm
- Forum: The Bicameral Mind in Fiction, Film & Popular Culture
- Topic: Costin Alamariu: An Incoherent Pervert
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5156
Costin Alamariu: An Incoherent Pervert
I wonder if anyone here has heard of a book called Bronze Age Mindset , written by “Bronze Age Pervert” (believed to be a pseudonym of a man named Costin Alamariu). “Bronze Age Pervert” is highly active on social media under that name, and his book has gained a following among some (mostly young) fa...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 9:01 am
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Consciousness and Time
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5319
Re: Consciousness and Time
I find the idea of a tension between psychedelics and addictive substances very interesting. I think that the parallel could be extended beyond just chemical substances as well (for instance, many popular activities such as gambling or social media use are known to be potentially addictive). I live ...
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:02 pm
- Forum: 1.03. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language | Subtopic: Consciousness and AI
- Topic: Why ChatGPT isn’t conscious (yet): A Jaynesian Perspective
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5379
Why ChatGPT isn’t conscious (yet): A Jaynesian Perspective
Unlike some theories of consciousness (such as the Penrose/Hameroff model), Jaynes’ theory of consciousness is substrate-independent (since it views consciousness as a creation of language, rather than focusing specifically on the inner workings of neurons). This means that according to Jaynes’ mode...
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 9:37 pm
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Consciousness and Time
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5319
Consciousness and Time
Did Julian Jaynes ever relate his theory to the way different societies have perceived time (as either cyclical/closed or linear/open)? It seems there are strong parallels, since the gradual change from a “closed” timeline to an “open” one overlaps with what Jaynes considered to be the bicameral era...
- Sat Jul 22, 2023 10:31 pm
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Jaynesian consciousness and Turing completeness
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1823
Jaynesian consciousness and Turing completeness
There is an important concept in computing theory called Turing completeness, which says that any system that is Turing complete can simulate any other system. If you have a computer language (or even other types of systems, like Conway’s Game of Life or Minecraft), and it has access to an infinite ...
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:43 pm
- Forum: 2.4. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Religion & the Bicameral Mind
- Topic: American vs. European Christianity
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2426
American vs. European Christianity
One topic that I think deserves more study is how Christianity in the USA ended up looking so different from its European counterpart. At times, they almost seem like different religions. In some ways, the degree of difference in how the faith is practiced on either sides of the Atlantic rivals the ...
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 3:42 pm
- Forum: 1.01. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language | Subtopic: Consciousness & Dreams
- Topic: Monsters In The Closet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5292
Monsters In The Closet
http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7700000/mike-and-sully-monster-inc-7784854-500-517.jpg Jaynes pointed out the abrupt transition in historical accounts between “visitation dreams” (in which the dreamer is only a passive participant) and the more modern type of dream where the person dreams t...