A new theory on consciousness may explain why psychopaths hear voices telling them to kill.

Covered topics: Son of Sam, the bicameral mind, Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Jared Lee Loughner, Herbert Mullin

Further Reading:

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/roger-sperrys-split-brain-experiments-1959-1968

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F30Jykk8z0E

https://www.forensicscolleges.com/blog/resources/dangerous-minds-criminal-mental-illness

https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/evidence-and-research/learn-more-about/3627

https://www.ranker.com/list/people-driven-insane-by-voices-in-their-heads/jacob-shelton

https://news.stanford.edu/2014/07/16/voices-culture-luhrmann-071614/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Jaynes

http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/berkowitz,%20david.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qU1sDBU9Cs

https://nypost.com/2016/07/17/i-survived-son-of-sams-murder-spree/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y50nsmUVeVU

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