Indeed, it is sometimes almost as if the problem had to be … - Julian Jaynes

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Indeed, it is sometimes almost as if the problem had to be forgotten to be solved.

Julian Jaynes

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Julian Jaynes (27 February 1920 – 21 November 1997) was an American psychologist, best known for his book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976), in which he argued that ancient peoples were not conscious.

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Indeed, it is sometimes almost as if the problem had to be forgotten to be solved. - Julian Jaynes

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