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The best explanation demystifying consciousness I've found comes from a claim it's a social phenomena that only arose around 3000 years ago: https://en.wikiped
by akvadrako 9y ago
The best explanation demystifying consciousness I've found comes from a claim it's a social phenomena that only arose around 3000 years ago:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicameralism_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicameralism_(psychology)
These days most people are conscious because you need it to function in society; there is a good deal of evidence in the book.
- fsloth 9y ago"It is one of those books that is either complete rubbish or a work of consummate genius, nothing in between! Probably the former, but I'm hedging my bets." - Richard Dawkins
- pavel_lishin 9y agoI wonder how you'd spot a Bicameral person in modern society.