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by Moderator
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:54 pm
Forum: 2.0. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind
Topic: Conscious Kings?
Replies: 7
Views: 25023

Re: Conscious kings?

Just to provide some clarification, I don't think decisions were passed unconsciously between persons. I know that was probably not your intention here but I can see it being misread by others. An individual would hear their own right hemisphere-generated directions for day-to-day decisions, attribu...
by Moderator
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:32 pm
Forum: 2.0. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind
Topic: Wise Gods?
Replies: 8
Views: 27648

Re: Wise gods?

The basic idea here is that the right hemisphere is specialized for seeing the "big picture" while the left is specialized to focus on details. Jaynes talks about things like Kohs's block test but there is a great deal of more evidence to support this idea that has emerged since Jaynes's b...
by Moderator
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Member - A Layman!
Replies: 7
Views: 26133

Re: New member - a layman!

I definitely was in there...
by Moderator
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:17 pm
Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
Topic: Reflections Ch. 3 - Verbal Hallucinations & Preconscious Mentality
Replies: 15
Views: 60861

Re: Ch. 3 - Verbal Hallucinations and Preconscious Mentality

I don't think Jaynes was a big fan of Jung, particularly the concept of a collective unconscious.
by Moderator
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:13 pm
Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
Topic: Are Enslaved People Less Conscious?
Replies: 3
Views: 18681

Re: Are enslaved people less conscious?

It's possible that prolonged hopelessness might lead to a diminished consciousness but I certainly don't think it would be inevitable. An example that contradicts the Nazi prison camp example would be the famous author Victor Frankl ("Man's Search for Meaning") who purposely cultivated an ...
by Moderator
Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:25 pm
Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
Topic: Secrets of the Dead / Sinking of Atlantis
Replies: 1
Views: 14379

Re: SECRETS OF THE DEAD/SINKING OF ATLANTIS.

Well, personally I think all the 2012 people are in for a big disappointment... : )

I did like the documentary on The Fall of The Minoans and have it linked on the Self Study Course. I'll have to take a look at the other two!
by Moderator
Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:51 pm
Forum: 2.0. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind
Topic: Conscious "Gods"?
Replies: 10
Views: 35567

Re: Conscious "Gods"?

Here you go:

A New View of Insanity: The Duality of the Mind by Arthur Ladbroke Wigan (1844)

http://books.google.com/books?id=HTvFWW ... gan&pg=PR9
by Moderator
Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:16 pm
Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
Topic: Reflections Ch. 9 - The Oracles and Their Cessation
Replies: 7
Views: 30627

Re: Ch. 9 - The Oracles and Their Cessation

Perhaps Jaynes and Stove are now sitting in Heaven debating the finer points of "The Origin". Angels waiting on them and all the time in the world.
Hopefully this was meant sardonically as Stove was an atheist and the chapter is about the psychological origin of gods and religion! :)
by Moderator
Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Impulsive "Decisions"
Replies: 1
Views: 13645

Re: Impulsive "Decisions"

I'm not an expert but I think impulsivity, violent behavior, etc. is generally associated with problems in the frontal lobes. This is also where a lot of activity associated with conscious thought and inhibition seems to take place. I recall seeing a documentary describing brain scans of murderers s...
by Moderator
Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:26 am
Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
Topic: Evidence of suicide?
Replies: 4
Views: 18911

Re: Evidence of suicide?

Let's see if someone else comes along with any updated information on the earliest accounts of suicide in antiquity.
by Moderator
Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:37 pm
Forum: 2.0. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind
Topic: Conscious "Gods"?
Replies: 10
Views: 35567

Re: Conscious "Gods"?

For a spur of the moment thought it is a very insightful one. You've just stepped into an as yet unresolved (to my mind) philosophical debate that has been simmering (most recently) for at least a couple of decades. Considering how fascinating the idea is, it gets remarkably little attention. To sum...
by Moderator
Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:52 pm
Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
Topic: Evidence of suicide?
Replies: 4
Views: 18911

Re: Evidence of suicide?

Jaynes talks about this on p. 308. I haven't read about this by other authors, however.

It would be interesting to see if someone else has written on the history of suicide or the concept of/occurrence of suicide in ancient civilizations.
by Moderator
Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Member - A Layman!
Replies: 7
Views: 26133

Re: New member - a layman!

Welcome aboard rheiman.

We have a number of conferences and lectures at conferences planned for 2010 and 2011 so hopefully we will meet in person at some point.
by Moderator
Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:13 pm
Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
Topic: Reflections Ch. 7 - The Self as Interiorized Social Relations
Replies: 4
Views: 24161

Re: Ch. 7 - The Self as Interiorized Social Relations

I agree. I know anthropologists in general are highly sensitive to charges of racism. I've heard that just being seen reading a book by early authors such as Lévy-Bruhl could cause one to be viewed as a racist by other anthropology students (or professors) in the highly politically correct period o...
by Moderator
Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:47 pm
Forum: 2.6. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: The Mentality of Pre-Literate & Pre-Modern Peoples
Topic: The Sentinelese: The Last Semi-Bicameral Society?
Replies: 12
Views: 51418

Re: The Sentinelese: The Last Semi-Bicameral Society?

This is quite interesting, thank you. I will look up Dr. Abbi's research. This is really one of the last chances we'll have to study a group that is perhaps still much earlier in the transition process.

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