Intro to Myths and Misconceptions
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:22 pm
For a variety of reasons, myths and misconceptions about Jaynes's theory abound. Often those who write or comment on Jaynes's theory unfortunately don't first take the time to properly understand it. They seem to often skim the book, only read a summary of it, or for other reasons jump to conclusions about what Jaynes is saying rather than taking the time to really understand the theory. The vast majority of critiques of the theory are based on misconceptions.
We've posted some of the top Myths vs. Facts about Jaynes's theory here:
https://www.julianjaynes.org/blog/categ ... -vs-facts/
More in-depth responses to critiques of Jaynes's theory are posted in the Critiques & Responses section:
https://www.julianjaynes.org/about/abou ... responses/
As new misconceptions are published, we can utilize this forum to stay on top of them. If you find misconceptions about Jaynes's theory, post them here, along with your clarification. You can also request a clarification from others.
Ultimately we'd like to see more people debating what Jaynes actually said, rather than misinterpretations of the theory.
We've posted some of the top Myths vs. Facts about Jaynes's theory here:
https://www.julianjaynes.org/blog/categ ... -vs-facts/
More in-depth responses to critiques of Jaynes's theory are posted in the Critiques & Responses section:
https://www.julianjaynes.org/about/abou ... responses/
As new misconceptions are published, we can utilize this forum to stay on top of them. If you find misconceptions about Jaynes's theory, post them here, along with your clarification. You can also request a clarification from others.
Ultimately we'd like to see more people debating what Jaynes actually said, rather than misinterpretations of the theory.