Question
Answer the following about dodgy social science by nerds who spent too much time reading the Iliad, for 10 points each.
[10m] The lack of introspection in the Iliad led Julian Jaynes to postulate that until the Bronze Age, humans existed in this pre-conscious mental state, in which the right hemisphere of their brain spoke in the voice of a commanding god.
ANSWER: the bicameral mind [or bicameral mentality; accept The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind]
[10h] In his 1858 book Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, this thinker argued that ancient Greeks were color-blind because the Iliad describes lions as red and honey as green.
ANSWER: William Gladstone (Yes, that William Gladstone.)
[10e] Ancient Greek fanboy Heinrich Schliemann spent years digging at the site of Hisarlik in hopes of finding this ancient walled city; miraculously, he was more or less right.
ANSWER: Troy [or Troja or Ilion]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| [Insert Lawyer Joke Here] | Berkeley A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| It's Joever | Stanford A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Stanford B | Berkeley B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |