Re: The Voices of the Gods

                Tuesday, the 2nd of December, 2003

David O'Bedlam wrote: 
  Has anyone else read, let alone heard of, Julian Jaynes' _The
  Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind_?

Sure. It's one of that class of books that I've read,
burned passionately in favour of for a month or two,
and then sobered up. The character of these
books is that they advance a single startling thesis that
tries to explain a whole lot of everything. Other examples
for me have been Erich von Daniken's _Chariots of the
Gods_ and Jared Diamond's _Guns, Germs, and Steel_.

The problems with each of these books become apparent 
when one starts being skeptical. It took me about
two months to get over Jaynes. I do not now believe he reads
Homer even remotely correctly.

             Mike Morris
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