Marcel Kuijsten

Author, Publisher, Speaker | Founder & Executive Director, Julian Jaynes Society (

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"If the machines are permitted to make all their own decisions, we can’t make any conjectures as to the results, because it is impossible to guess how such machines might behave. We only point out that the fate of the human race would be at the mercy of the machines... 🧵

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Watch, listen to, or read our latest podcast episode, "The Last Bicameral Prophet? Joseph Smith, Mormonism, and the Bicameral Mind":

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"People won’t be able to just turn the machines off, because they will be so dependent on them that turning them off would amount to suicide."

-- Ted Kaczynski, "Industrial Society and Its Future" (1995)

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"If the machines are permitted to make all their own decisions, we can’t make any conjectures as to the results, because it is impossible to guess how such machines might behave. We only point out that the fate of the human race would be at the mercy of the machines... 🧵

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"Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control. ...

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Watch or read our latest podcast episode, "The Mystery of the Silent God":

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Julian Jaynes Society members, test your knowledge of Julian Jaynes's theory with our new Interactive Flashcards!

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Watch "The Psychological Birth of Judaism":

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Watch "The Origin of Religion Explained":

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Watch "The Neurology of the Gods: Testing Julian Jaynes’s Fourth Hypothesis":

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We've just drastically improved the distribution for the Chinese translation of Jaynes's "The Origin of Consciousness."

While distribution within China remains challenging, it is now available to millions of Chinese speaking people around the world:

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The Psychology of the Iliad and the Odyssey: The Origin of the Conscious Mind

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Unlocking the Mystery of the Human Mind: The Legacy of Julian Jaynes

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Watch our latest podcast episode, "The Software of the Mind: Unlocking Consciousness and Bicameral Mentality":
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Is your inner voice a modern invention?

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Read "Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind" to learn more about Julian Jaynes's theory:

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Check out our latest podcast episode, "Compared to Other Scientific Ideas, Jaynesian Psychology Isn’t So Farfetched'":

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3. (follow up) What would you tell someone that thinks that by actively trading on their own they can achieve superior returns compared to the above strategy?

4. (follow up) What would you tell someone that still relies on a "financial advisor" to manage their investments?

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Some potentially life-changing questions that anyone can ask their favorite AI LLM.

It used to take months of reading to research these topics (not to mention all of the time wasting debates) -- now definitive answers to these questions are available to anyone in seconds:
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2. What's the overall best strategy for the average investor to build wealth for retirement?