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by Der_Einzige 357 days ago
The only "ish" evidence for this kind of raving is this stuff:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origin_of_Consciousness_in...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicameral_mentality

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There's a long human history of beliefs like that in spiritualism, animism, etc. People believed they could hear the voices of their dead ancestors, spirits, etc for example.

I wouldn't describe this as "raving", this is someone who has had very real personal experiences. To them, they happened just as much as the sun rises and sets. I don't know what I'm getting at other than have some patience and compassion for people who experience distressing things that they themselves cannot explain.

> The only "ish" evidence for this kind of raving is this stuff:

That is far from even coming close to qualify as evidence. At best they are unverified hypothesis.