That's because very primitive humans still have a bicameral mind, i.e. things appear to them as auditory hallucinations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicameral_mentality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origin_of_Consciousness_in...

"a bicameral mentality was the "normal and ubiquitous state" of the human mind as recently as 3,000 years ago, at the end of the Bronze Age"

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marliechiller an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I'm pretty sure Julian Jaynes' work is entirely hypothetical and is thought if as just an interesting idea rather than actually having any semblance of truth to it... unless you actually believe the Greeks were amongst the first humans to truly emerge with consciousness which seems farfetched to me

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post-it an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You read Snow Crash and missed that it was fiction.

	▲	vinceguidry an hour ago \| parent [-]
		When Stephenson wants to deliver a male protagonist to a location, he constructs an elaborate 15-step storyline complete with motivations and character rationale. Female? He just has her kidnapped.

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dmd an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

You are aware that this is the theory of a single crank, and not supported by any modern scientific thought, yes?