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So, what are you reading?
Slowly going through The Master and his Emissary. His basic thesis is that the hemispheres aren't in a symmetrical relationship, hence the title, with the right hemisphere being the Master and the left the Emissary. So far there are only hints about the consequences of this, but it seems to lead away from scientism and postmodernism.
There's something about this book that is hard to pin down. I haven't assimilated much that I've read, but it's beginning to fascinate me.
Is that realated to "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" by Julian Jaynes or is it completely different?
Checking the index, I found (this is shortened by me):
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