How valid do you think Julian Jaynes' theory in 'The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind'?
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Be this historical truth or not (and the thesis has not been widely accepted), Jaynes has fashioned a brilliant myth of human origins. Like the authors of Snow Crash and Macroscope, Jaynes reaches far back into the past for an authentic story of a Fall from wholeness. And like them, he reaches specifically for Mesopotamian myth... More explanation and analysis can be found at: http://deoxy.org/alephnull/jaynes.htm
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For things like this I think it's always best to do the reading and make up your own mind. Here's a good place to start: http://www.julianjaynes.org/self-study-course.php
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