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Westworld & The Bicameral Mind

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

November 15, 2016 Marcel Kuijsten

*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, 2016 Marcel Kuijsten

*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, 2016 Marcel Kuijsten

*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, 2016 Marcel Kuijsten

*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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Dr. Ford - Westworld
Westworld & The Bicameral Mind

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

October 18, 2016 Marcel Kuijsten

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, 2016 Marcel Kuijsten

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

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Dolores Westworld
Westworld & The Bicameral Mind

Julian Jaynes’s “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind” May Provide the Key to HBO’s Westworld

October 17, 2016 Marcel Kuijsten

by Jack Kocsis HBO’s new Sunday night series, “Westworld,” has taken the TV-watching world by storm. It presents us with

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Dr. Ford Westworld
Westworld & The Bicameral Mind

Why the Bicameral Mind Theory Is Crucial to Unlocking ‘Westworld’

October 16, 2016 Marcel Kuijsten

by Matt Patches “Arnold,” the forgotten innovator of Westworld’s hosts, imagined the tiers of artificial intelligence as a pyramid. His base was memory.

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Westworld & The Bicameral Mind

Westworld and the Bicameral Mind: Season 1, Episode 2 – “Chestnut”

October 11, 2016 Marcel Kuijsten

*Contains spoilers* Episode 2 opens with Dolores hearing a bicameral voice telling her to “wake up,” then asking her “do

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Westworld & The Bicameral Mind

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

October 4, 2016 Marcel Kuijsten

*Contains spoilers* HBO’s new hit series Westworld uses aspects of Julian Jaynes’s bicameral mind theory as part of the storyline. 

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