@travismayo: Julian Jaynes proposed something called the bicameral mind. The idea that until roughly three thousand years ago, the human mind didn't experience an internal monologue the way we do now. Instead people heard a voice that felt external. Commanding. Like a god speaking. The theory connects ancient texts like The Iliad to modern experiences of auditory hallucination, and raises a strange question about where your own inner voice actually came from. #TravisMayo #learning #JulianJaynes #BicameralMind #Psychology

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ben73329
Ben :
my inner monologue doesn't talk to me, I am in control of it
2026-06-14 21:31:30
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sussy_baka_femboy
sussy_baka_femboy :
I wonder if it's because more humans can read maybe reading trains this form of thought
2026-06-14 10:06:46
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abyssiranight
AbyssiraNight :
Isn’t having an inner monologue thinking? Like are people actually not thinking anything???
2026-06-14 11:54:49
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englishlitsupport
KCSE English/lit Support :
i never hear a voice thats different from myself. it's just me talking silently, and i assume that's what we call thinking.
2026-06-14 05:09:50
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meitch00
meitch :
I have ADHD and sometimes I speak to my inner monologue like it's another person and it's almost like I'm speaking with someone with a different opinion of which I can't know the opinion right away, it has to start speaking in order for me to understand the thought it's forming, like an external voice but I perfectly know is just the way my brain processes complex informations
2026-06-16 04:17:53
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chillii47
chillii :
Fun fact: I don't have an inner monologue.
2026-06-14 16:23:53
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jay.gewan
Jay Gewan :
I have inner thoughts and other voices
2026-06-15 00:55:50
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olekries
Oli :
There has never been a “voice” talking in my head. It’s always been me thinking. Thinking in thoughts, not sounds, not voice. It’s me.
2026-06-16 19:50:47
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blekpibk
RavenViolet :
I dont have a voice in my head
2026-06-14 09:43:12
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muffinboi17
Luis :
The Epic of Gilgamesh completely dissolves this theory btw
2026-06-14 22:23:21
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thebugaman
Ave Bugarin :
So this is a theory. When you started the clip you just presented it as fact. This is also a stretch of a theory. Not at all that plausible.
2026-06-14 22:58:18
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dl.andrei912
Andrei (アンドレイ) :
This theory is highly controversial and rejected by the neuroscience community. Interesting theory, though.
2026-06-17 04:32:33
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nanunanuu08
ℕḁṇṷ₂ℋḁṇṅịẹ† :
trust me just this once, everything you need is already there while it’s still available, Shadows of High Society.
2026-06-14 07:32:40
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krakrak
@krakrak🏳️‍🌈🇵🇱🇪🇺 :
I am confused. You hear a voice? Do you control what this voice says?
2026-06-14 01:10:32
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waynegeo
Wayne :
a lot of people experience auditory hullicinations when falling asleep. it's quite common
2026-06-14 21:34:44
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meatros
Cleric_John_Preston :
I thought this was discredited?
2026-06-14 11:42:17
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inestimableflorivore
Kohol :
This is a debunked theory tho
2026-06-15 17:06:26
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anonek16
PrzemoNaszCzłowiek :
You know guys its just you talking to yourself?!?😭😭
2026-06-16 21:59:15
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floofrs
Nina Nani :
the voice in my head?? there's no voice, I'm alone here
2026-06-14 15:17:06
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jason.oneal
jason.oneal :
It's a interesting concept, but you shouldn't be presenting this as fact
2026-06-15 00:11:58
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scottwessells
Arborist Pros Scott :
The voice is the ego. If you don't hear a voice then you're living in the ego. Being able to hear the voice means you are not the voice but the observer of the voice
2026-06-14 03:11:22
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yobietrades
YOBIE TRADES‼️ :
I keep arguing to my internal monologue
2026-06-15 04:18:42
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aeon_aparman
🏳️‍🌈⃤— :
I think it started after we started reading
2026-06-15 04:13:34
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yahtzee_eliminator
Meat Popsicle :
Voice? I have a freaking boardroom 😏
2026-06-14 05:12:38
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chrishtophuf
ceej :
it's just an evolution of psychology, not a change of our minds. inner monologue used to be attributed to spirits or God, now we just classify it as our own thoughts
2026-06-14 20:28:41
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