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Were they thinking? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origin_of_Consciousness_in_the_Breakdown_of_the_Bicameral_Mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origin_o

• Koshkin 5y ago
  > In ... the book, "The Mind of the Iliad", Jaynes states that people of the era had no consciousness. R-riight...
  • new_guy 5y ago
    > R-riight... Says the guy/gal who dismissed the guys life work because they skimmed a shitty Wikipedia summary for all of 5 seconds. Try actually reading it before commenting.
• dhosek 5y ago
  Ah Julian Jaynes, the Erich von Däniken of psychology.
• DonaldFisk 5y ago
  Of which Richard Dawkins wrote: “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.”