Did The Human Mind Originate In Telling Ourselves Stories? - Mind Matters

Our species started becoming human about 300,000 years ago, but what was the driving force? A philosopher told Denyse O'Leary about his maverick proposal how sharing experiences, telling stories, and finding a commonality between individuals gave rise to the minds that graced the world with smartphones, Kim Kardashian, and Pepsi. For students of Julian Jaynes and his theory of the bicameral mind, they will find a lot of meat on these bones. Expanding on this theme, Megan Schmidt makes a point about How Reading Fiction Increased Empathy and Encourages Understanding by illustrating different viewpoints to readers. By merely using one's imagination to focus on a story, building a mind and creating empathy is akin to meditation whereupon a mind can be reprogrammed. Riffing on this theme, in a bit of a self-help kinda way, Denise Winn's proposal how Depression Is A Trance State, and how people can make their own luck for better or worse based upon their own preconceived notions. (CS)

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