I just started Jaynes' The Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind and thought I would be tweeting highlights as I'm reading it.......well
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2/ he is really big on the inability of bicameral minds-which were universal until 1500bc at least-to engage in long-term planning/deceptionpic.twitter.com/gIRdbZit8O
For me, the most interest thing about Jaynes is the focus on auditory hallucinations. Wish he didn't talk about ppl being "unconscious"...
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yeah, the info about how many people hear them today was fascinating. Probably his argument can be recast as just a decline in proportion
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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