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Westworld

sci-fi drama
159 Stimulating

Actively engages higher-order thinking

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Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50
43
Educational Value/50
34
Craft & Quality/50
43
Cinematic Score/50
44
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)  — How we score →

The TVI Take

A theme park populated with android hosts achieves sentience through trauma and repetition. Cognitive engagement from the mystery of which characters are human and the philosophical questions about consciousness.

Educational elements about AI and agency. Entertainment from the Western setting and philosophical puzzles.

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