hwc comments on Is Kiryas Joel an Unhappy Place?

hwc 24 Apr 2011 22:36 UTC
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I wonder when consciousness evolved in our ancestors? 4 Mya? 2Mya? 500 kya?
- gwern 24 Apr 2011 22:44 UTC
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  An excellent question. I’ve always enjoyed Julian Jaynes’s theory of bicameralism where consciousness only truly developed ~3kya or so.
  - hwc 24 Apr 2011 22:46 UTC
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    It makes for a good story, but I really doubt that’s the case.