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This sounds a lot like the theory that humans used to have more separate brain hemispheres (pre- corpus colossum), and thus had a higher prevalence of schizophrenia (messages from the right side of the brain to the left, perceived as coming from "outside the self") which was interpreted as a voice of God.


Ah, bicameralism. I reposted a paper on that topic to HN a few days back that you might find interesting.




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