This is a mind-blowing but controversial theory by Julian Jaynes, who suggested that Ancient humans lacked modern consciousness, mistook inner voices as commands from gods, and even cared for dead relatives as if they were still alive due to a divided “Bicameral” mind.

In 1976, an American psychologist named Julian Jaynes, who lived from 1920 to 1997, published his book, he made a bold and unusual claim: that humans weren’t actually aware of their own thoughts until about 1000 BC.

He believed that when ancient people heard inner voices in their heads, they didn’t realize those voices came from their own minds. Instead, they thought these voices were gods speaking to them and telling them what to do, which is how stories of divine communication may have started.

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