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Controversial position: Shortly after human brains advanced enough to develop an inner monologue, they invented god/religion -- nm

Posted by rollo Oct 12 '22, 13:07

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i believe this was basically the thesis of Jayne's work on the bicameral mind -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 12, 13:54
I was shocked to learn not everyone has an internal monologue. Not everyone can think in pictures either. -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 13:09 7
- Does this mean some written jokes don't work for them? I feel like some you have to hear in your head or visualize for the punchline. -- nm - Max Oct 12, 14:01
- How on earth do they function?? -- nm - Meg Oct 12, 13:59
- I wonder if the non-monologue people can hear music in their head - Reagen Oct 12, 13:19 3
  - Good question. I have both a monologue and an FM tuner going in my head ALL. THE. TIME. - TWuG Oct 12, 13:22 2
    - Oh yes. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 12, 13:28
    - Heh. I identify with this. Like there's JD starting to write (in my head) festival recaps on the drive away from the festival as well - JD Oct 12, 13:26
- I do both, plus I have a spatial way of thinking of some algorithms ... it's a very distracting party up in here -- nm - Beryllium Oct 12, 13:11

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