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To: Moominoid who wrote (27487)1/15/2003 1:05:42 PM
From: carranza2  Respond to of 74559
 
Like you, I have many doubts about Jaynes' thesis, but I did find his thinking, methods, etc., fascinating and the book eminently readable.



To: Moominoid who wrote (27487)1/15/2003 4:44:37 PM
From: LLCF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
I don't know about schizophrenic people being considered 'sages' in the past... I know that many non-diseased or 'challenged' people would have been locked up for hanging out on park benches and such:

mysticsmasters.com

Probably the Buddha as well.

<It just doesn't make sense... >

I don't know enough about it... I do know that that is what is always said by those seeing things by way of an old paradigm before a new one becomes accepted and explained.

DAK