This is a really interesting theory to me (and probably many others). Care to sh...

robinhouston · on April 29, 2011

I assume this is a reference to the 1976 book _The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind_, by Julian Jaynes.

Richard Dawkins wrote of it: “It is one of those books that is either complete rubbish or a work of consummate genius, nothing in between! Probably the former, but I'm hedging my bets.”

bobds · on April 30, 2011

I first encountered this theory here:

http://deoxy.org/alephnull/jaynes.htm

There's a few related pages worth reading:

http://deoxy.org/alephnull/rhetd.htm

kstenerud · on April 29, 2011

I've read a few books over the years that touch upon the subject, but I don't remember anything online (It's been quite a number of years since I've visited the subject).

I do know that Colin Wilson subscribes to the theory, so some of his nonfiction works might be helpful (I seem to remember something in The Criminal History of Mankind).

mshron · on April 29, 2011

Here you go - bicameralism on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicameralism_(psychology)