When did humans become self-aware?
post by Derek M. Jones (Derek-Jones) · 2023-04-23T22:36:56.482Z · LW · GW · 2 commentsThis is a link post for https://vectors.substack.com/p/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of
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"If self-awareness emerged recently, this should show up in comparative linguistics..."
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"Julian Jaynes should have fixed his date for the origin of consciousness to the origin of pronouns."
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comment by the gears to ascension (lahwran) · 2023-04-23T23:07:55.351Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
we're still working on it, check back later