Ahhh, yet another article about the 20th century book having the most captivating title ever - "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mi

Ahhh, yet another article about the 20th century book having the most captivating title ever - "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind"! In all honesty I must admit to a brief period in my early life when I severely doubted that my father exhibited true human consciousness. While never fully resolved, that question opened my mind to the possibility of Jaynes' hypotheses. And so I read the book but found it of little use. In my middle years copies of "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" became commonly available in used bookstores at the lowest of prices. I bought every copy I found merely for the beautifully-displayed and elegant title and with the growing awareness that perhaps it might serve yet another purpose than display someday. These days I use the book mostly as a tool, an impediment of sorts, with which I burden the back and mind of unwelcome and overly-inquisitive visitors to my workplace. I feel no qualms in giving them a copy of the book, charging them with the responsibility of giving me a full and detailed review before or upon returning again. To my great delight no one sent away with Jaynes' tour-de-force in hand has reported back!