Impulsive "Decisions"
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:45 pm
Considering the link between writing and the advent of consciousness, it would make sense that non-literate societies would lag behind literate societies in their progress toward full consciousness from the bicameral state. When we also take into consideration the fact that the descendants of recently non-literate peoples tend to be more impulsive than those whose ancestors have been literate for a long time, it seems like more than coincidence.
As a non-professional regarding the mind sciences, I'd like to ask those more knowledgeable amongst you where impulsive "decisions" take place. Do they happen more in the right or the left hemisphere - or perhaps a combination of the two.
At first glance, it seems logical to surmise that hyper-impulsiveness is the close successor to bicameralism. Over the generations, this impulsiveness would diminish and be replaced by thoughtful planning. Hence there would be a steady progression from bicameralism to impulsiveness and then to true consciousness. Various populations - and individuals - would find themselves in differing stages within that continuum.
I am well aware of Jayne's explanation, at the beginning of his book, of how consciousness is only involved in a small portion of the things we do; my point here is that, as we advance, consciousness plays a larger and larger part.
As a non-professional regarding the mind sciences, I'd like to ask those more knowledgeable amongst you where impulsive "decisions" take place. Do they happen more in the right or the left hemisphere - or perhaps a combination of the two.
At first glance, it seems logical to surmise that hyper-impulsiveness is the close successor to bicameralism. Over the generations, this impulsiveness would diminish and be replaced by thoughtful planning. Hence there would be a steady progression from bicameralism to impulsiveness and then to true consciousness. Various populations - and individuals - would find themselves in differing stages within that continuum.
I am well aware of Jayne's explanation, at the beginning of his book, of how consciousness is only involved in a small portion of the things we do; my point here is that, as we advance, consciousness plays a larger and larger part.