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The whole "bicameral mind" thing is absolute nonsense as a serious attempt to explain pre-modern humans, but it could make for a fun premise for scifi stories a
by crooked-v 4y ago
The whole "bicameral mind" thing is absolute nonsense as a serious attempt to explain pre-modern humans, but it could make for a fun premise for scifi stories about near-future AIs, I suppose.
- ryukafalz 4y agoThis is basically Westworld. A bit farther out than "near" future though I suppose.
- TeMPOraL 4y agoI thought that, specifically that we're quite far on the AI grounds. Until GPT-3. Now I think that relevant materials science and micro/nano-level tech is the limiting factor.
- green_man_lives 4y agoThe core plot of Snowcrash is loosely based on this theory.