That fancy quote seems to be saying "Jaynes believes what he says, even though he gives no reason for any reader to believe him." That's not science, that's sto

That fancy quote seems to be saying "Jaynes believes what he says, even though he gives no reason for any reader to believe him." That's not science, that's storytelling, of the very kind he is analyzing in ancient literature. It is almost as though he is writing a neuroscience book, using the style someone like Homer or Plato would have used.