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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Ever wonder if your inner voice is really you or just a glitch in the matrix? What if the way you think, reflect, and make decisions isn’t as ancient as you assume? Julian Jaynes throws a wrench into our comfy idea of consciousness by suggesting it’s a recent invention—one that replaced a much stranger mental setup where people heard gods telling them what to do.
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