Rather, it bring up the fact that the Pirahãs lack temporal organization - and pretty much live in the present (according to Everett, they also have "no numbers, no fixed color terms, no perfect tense, no deep memory, no tradition of art or drawing, and no words for “all,” “each,” “every ...

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I've recently seen Beowulf on cable. I don't know how close it is to the original sources, howver is presents the downfall of two men in power through seduction by a female.

Are there any competing myths that reverse the roles of male and female in ...

And yes, I am trying to put psychiatry where it belongs, as a subset of neurology!

Possibly off topic, but the comments of Jaynes about deafness are of note. I am hard of hearing, and also am probably neuro diverse - dyspraxic, aspergic spectrum.

I do wonder if the psychoses and autisms are symptoms of right brain issues, and the neuroses left brain, Damage to both sides - and ...

One of the major issues we are all facing is how to relate to others who commit extreme violent behaviour and also continually state they are obeying a god.

Jaynes has got some fascinating insights into religious behaviours that are very important.

For example, might the rituals of Islam, like the ...

Just finished Jaynes' excellent book and am playing with my consciousness being a balloon I pull around above my head!

I think the concept of it being like maths is very important.

And on religion, I see Jesus as a mythological creation, a godman like Hercules, an attempt to bring back together ...

Isn't there a tribe in the amazon with no concept of future and past?