What is it for?

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    As an aside, there is a theory called the “bicameral mind” which posits that this internal dialogue is the source of religion. In ancient or rather even prehistoric times, it’s theorized that people started separating themselves from the voices in their heads in a spiritual way and this gave rise to the concept of a “God”.

    Far from proven but interesting nonetheless.

    • BeautifulMind ♾️@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      One interesting corollary to the bicameral mind theory is that our brains have multiple sentient centers to them- that in turn might explain that feeling of struggling with a decision and being able to see the same thing from more than one point of view. It also explains why different parts of the brain light up in different situations

      • clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        I’ve never heard of that idea before, but it’s really interesting! I wonder how they’d be able to prove something like that?