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Home > Articles by: Marcel Kuijsten

Author: Marcel Kuijsten

Westworld & The Bicameral Mind 

Westworld and the Bicameral Mind: Season 1, Episode 10 – “The Bicameral Mind”

December 6, 2016April 26, 2020 Marcel Kuijsten 0 Comments

*Contains spoilers* Episode 10, the season finale, is titled “The Bicameral Mind” after Julian Jaynes’s theory, which states that prior

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Westworld & The Bicameral Mind 

The Trippy Theory of Consciousness at the Heart of Westworld

December 6, 2016April 26, 2020 Marcel Kuijsten 0 Comments

by Melissa Dahl Part of the fun of Westworld is the vague feeling that you, much like some kind of hapless host,

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Westworld & The Bicameral Mind 

Westworld and the Bicameral Mind: Season 1, Episode 9 – “The Well-Tempered Clavier”

November 29, 2016April 26, 2020 Marcel Kuijsten 1 Comment

*Contains spoilers* Episode 9 opens with Bernard interviewing Maeve, but she quickly assumes control of Bernard, who has lost awareness

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Westworld & The Bicameral Mind 

Westworld and the Bicameral Mind: Season 1, Episode 8 – “Trace Decay”

November 22, 2016April 26, 2020 Marcel Kuijsten 0 Comments

*Contains spoilers* Like much of Ford’s speech, the instruction he gives to Bernard in the opening of Episode 8 is

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Westworld & The Bicameral Mind 

Westworld and the Bicameral Mind: Season 1, Episode 7 – “Trompe L’Oeil”

November 15, 2016April 26, 2020 Marcel Kuijsten 0 Comments

*Contains spoilers* Near the beginning of Episode 7 we see Maeve is no longer responding to the technician’s commands and

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Westworld & The Bicameral Mind 

Westworld and the Bicameral Mind: Season 1, Episode 6 – “The Adversary”

November 8, 2016April 26, 2020 Marcel Kuijsten 0 Comments

*Contains spoilers* In Episode 6, the links to Julian Jaynes’s bicameral mind theory that have already been established continue. Through

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Westworld & The Bicameral Mind 

Westworld and the Bicameral Mind: Season 1, Episode 5 – “Contrapasso”

November 1, 2016April 26, 2020 Marcel Kuijsten 0 Comments

*Contains spoilers* Episode 5 opens with Dr. Ford telling a story from his childhood to the retired host he is

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Westworld & The Bicameral Mind 

Westworld and the Bicameral Mind: Season 1, Episode 4 – “Dissonance Theory”

October 23, 2016April 26, 2020 Marcel Kuijsten 0 Comments

*Contains spoilers* The most Jaynesian-related scene in this episode is the opening scene with Bernard again talking with Dolores. Dolores

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Westworld & The Bicameral Mind 

The Bicameral Mind Explains What’s Next for “Westworld”

October 18, 2016April 26, 2020 Marcel Kuijsten 0 Comments

Interview with Julian Jaynes Society Executive Director Marcel Kuijsten on Julian Jaynes’s bicameral mind theory and Westworld. from Inverse The idea

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Westworld & The Bicameral Mind 

Westworld and the Bicameral Mind: Season 1, Episode 3 – “The Stray”

October 18, 2016April 26, 2020 Marcel Kuijsten 0 Comments

*Contains spoilers* Episode 3 provides a great deal of interesting material for discussion. It opens with Bernard meeting with Dolores

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