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Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: Interview and Q&A Discussion
Topic: Brian J. McVeigh - The Psychology of Ancient Egypt
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Brian J. McVeigh - The Psychology of Ancient Egypt

Join us for a 90-minute interview and Q&A session with Brian J. McVeigh on his latest book, The Psychology of Ancient Egypt: Reconstructing A Lost Mentality . We will be delving into many aspects of ancient Egypt that are relevant to Julian Jaynes’s theory. This online event will be held on Thur...
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Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:18 pm
Forum: Myths, Misconceptions, and Fact Checks About Julian Jaynes's Theory
Topic: Fact Checking Scott Alexander’s Review of Julian Jaynes’s Theory on “Slate Star Codex” – Part 2
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Fact Checking Scott Alexander’s Review of Julian Jaynes’s Theory on “Slate Star Codex” – Part 2

By Marcel Kuijsten In June 2020, the psychiatrist and blogger Scott Alexander wrote a review of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind for his popular “Slate Star Codex” blog. His discussion of Jaynes’s theory contains a number of misconceptions and errors...
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Mon Sep 04, 2023 5:52 pm
Forum: Myths, Misconceptions, and Fact Checks About Julian Jaynes's Theory
Topic: Fact Checking Scott Alexander’s Review of Julian Jaynes’s Theory on “Slate Star Codex” – Part 1
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Fact Checking Scott Alexander’s Review of Julian Jaynes’s Theory on “Slate Star Codex” – Part 1

By Brian J. McVeigh Scott Alexander begins his review of Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness with an odd opening. He describes it as “brilliant” and writes that it only has “two minor flaws”: It purports to explain the origin of consciousness and it “posits a breakdown of the bicameral mind.” Given...
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Mon Aug 28, 2023 11:23 am
Forum: News Items Related to Jaynes's Theory
Topic: Modern Academic Says Gods Spoke to Ancient Greeks
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Modern Academic Says Gods Spoke to Ancient Greeks

Academic Julian Jaynes postulated that before modern consciousness occurred, the voices ancient Greeks heard in their heads were those of gods. by Patrick Garner In 1976 an obscure psychologist from Princeton University in New Jersey published a book titled, The Origin of Consciousness in the Break...
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Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:51 pm
Forum: Myths, Misconceptions, and Fact Checks About Julian Jaynes's Theory
Topic: Fact Checking Erik Hoel’s “The World behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science”
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Fact Checking Erik Hoel’s “The World behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science”

By Brian J. McVeigh In the second chapter of The World behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science , Erik Hoel briefly treats the historical development of what he calls the “intrinsic perspective” (mental experiences). In doing so he brings up the contributions of Julian J...
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Tue Aug 15, 2023 2:14 pm
Forum: 1.03. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language | Subtopic: Consciousness and AI
Topic: Why ChatGPT isn’t conscious (yet): A Jaynesian Perspective
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Re: Why ChatGPT isn’t conscious (yet): A Jaynesian Perspective

Thank you, another good post. A key point you raise is the lack of usefulness of consciousness for the kinds of problems we currently look to AI to solve. Jaynesian consciousness is much less useful for AI than I think most people assume. What I wonder about is the eventual emergence of some of the ...
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Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:14 pm
Forum: Interview and Q&A Discussion
Topic: Marcel Kuijsten - Julian Jaynes's Bicameral Mind Theory Explained
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Marcel Kuijsten - Julian Jaynes's Bicameral Mind Theory Explained

"Julian Jaynes and the Bicameral Mind Theory," an interview with Marcel Kuijsten by Dustin Eirdosh for This View of Life Magazine and The Evolution Institute. For more on Julian Jaynes's theory please visit https://www.julianjaynes.org. Includes an introduction to Julian Jaynes's theory, a...
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Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: Interview and Q&A Discussion
Topic: Marcel Kuijsten - Julian Jaynes, the Bicameral Mind, and the Origin of Consciousness
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Marcel Kuijsten - Julian Jaynes, the Bicameral Mind, and the Origin of Consciousness

"Julian Jaynes, the Bicameral Mind, and the Origin of Consciousness," an interview with JJS Founder Marcel Kuijsten by Henrik Palmgren for Red Ice Radio. To listen to the full 100-minute interview and many other interviews and lectures on Julian Jaynes's theory, please join the Julian Jayn...
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Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:53 am
Forum: Interview and Q&A Discussion
Topic: Q&A Session on "Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind" Part 1: Iliad/Odyssey/Sinuhe
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Q&A Session on "Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind" Part 1: Iliad/Odyssey/Sinuhe

Part 1 of an eight part Q&A session on our latest book, Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: Interviews with Leading Thinkers on Julian Jaynes's Theory , with Boban Dedovic, Marcel Kuijsten, Brian McVeigh, Bill Rowe, and Jan Sleutels. Hosted by Marcel Kuijsten. Including introd...
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Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:48 am
Forum: Interview and Q&A Discussion
Topic: Q&A Session on Julian Jaynes's Bicameral Mind Theory | Marcel Kuijsten, Brian McVeigh & John Hainly
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Q&A Session on Julian Jaynes's Bicameral Mind Theory | Marcel Kuijsten, Brian McVeigh & John Hainly

Introduction to May 2021 Q&A and Discussion Session on Julian Jaynes's Bicameral Mind Theory with Marcel Kuijsten, Brian J. McVeigh, and John Hainly. https://youtu.be/k5sX9JrT0uU Topics discussed in the full video: "Is the concept of emergent evolution relevant to Julian Jaynes's theory? &q...
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Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:45 am
Forum: Interview and Q&A Discussion
Topic: Julian Jaynes - Interviewed on Hearing Voices, Complimented on "The Origin of Consciousness"
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Julian Jaynes - Interviewed on Hearing Voices, Complimented on "The Origin of Consciousness"

Julian Jaynes interviewed on his research into hearing voices by host Steve Martorano on WHDH Boston. Jaynes is also complimented on his book, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by a caller. Recorded on July 14, 1989. Recording was made by placing a tape recorder next...
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Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:40 am
Forum: Interview and Q&A Discussion
Topic: Boban Dedović - The Evolution of Mind Words in the Iliad and the Odyssey
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Boban Dedović - The Evolution of Mind Words in the Iliad and the Odyssey

Marcel Kuijsten talks with Boban Dedović, a masters degree student of ancient languages at the University of Chicago, on his recent article "‘Minds’ in ‘Homer’: A quantitative psycholinguistic comparison of the Iliad and Odyssey," and the evidence for the evolution of mind words in the Ili...
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Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:38 am
Forum: Interview and Q&A Discussion
Topic: Brian J. McVeigh - Evidence for the Bicameral Mind in the Old Testament
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Brian J. McVeigh - Evidence for the Bicameral Mind in the Old Testament

Marcel Kuijsten talks with anthropologist, author, and Jaynesian scholar Brian J. McVeigh about his recent book "The Psychology of the Bible" and the evidence for the bicameral mind and the transition to consciousness in the Old Testament. The interview is followed by Q&A with the even...
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Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:02 pm
Forum: Interview and Q&A Discussion
Topic: Tanya Luhrmann - Hearing Voices, Sensed Presences, and Imagined "Others"
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Tanya Luhrmann - Hearing Voices, Sensed Presences, and Imagined "Others"

Tanya Luhrmann, the Albert Ray Lang Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, discusses Julian Jaynes's theory of consciousness and bicameral mentality. Read the entire fascinating discussion "Hearing Voices, Sensed Presences, and Imagined 'Others'," as well as many other interview...
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Thu Aug 10, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: The Bicameral Mind in Fiction, Film & Popular Culture
Topic: Discussion of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes's Bicameral Mind Theory in Ep. 1.3 of Westworld
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Discussion of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes's Bicameral Mind Theory in Ep. 1.3 of Westworld

Dr. Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins) and Bernard Lowe (Jeffrey Wright) discuss consciousness and Julian Jaynes's bicameral mind theory in Ep. 1.3 of Westworld. To clarify, Jaynes's theory has not been "debunked." To the contrary, a great deal of new evidence now supports this fascinating theo...

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