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Selects: Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis

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Psychologist Julian Jaynes came up with a stunning hypothesis in 1976, that human consciousness only developed in the last 3000 years. And he seemed to have proof in ancient texts. Scholars have been picking it apart ever since and in this classic episode we join the club.

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Selects: Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis

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