It takes a day or two for every complete thought presented in this book (and I am only just beginning to make headway), but it presents an entirely new paradigm about the human brain.
I have, for example, just started the chapter on the Iliad.
Jaynes makes the point quite clearly that humans of that era (700-800 BC?) hear voices much the same as did Joan of Ark and schizophrenics of our day.
People of the ancient world don't just hear voices, they have vivid relationships with "other dimensional" beings.
BTW, Jaynes says that these beings (these "gods") are somehow bound by the usual laws of nature and are uncreative in the way that the Judeo/Christian GOD or G-d is.
These ancient gods are vocal...but they aren't GOD.
Long story, short...I am reminded that much of what humans perceive as reality may be wrong (in fact, we see that at least 1/2 of American voters are wrong about Obama...so the concept of incorrect perception should not be too strange).
Indeed, there may be a profound state of denial by humans of those--gods--who share this reality with us.
Put another way, what has been historically perceived to be "space ships," might be a ruse. In fact, it might be a historic ruse introduced to ancestors by extra-dimensional "gods"...with an eye to our current world of technology.
These space ships might be ancient man's gods trying to redefine themselves in ways that optimize their power to confound mankind (that mankind that is unBiblical, at least).
Anyway, just a tired thought on a Sunday night.
But then, you have heard all this stuff before.
Lots of plausible stuff there, for sure.
I do think the craft are ‘real’ . . . whatever ‘real’ is.
And that God who was angry with them for giving men war making technologies back in Genesis time . . . is even more angry with them for their repeat performances in such matters in our era
imho.