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Consciousness - Research Articles
Holocene Minds on Hard Mode: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and the Birth of Consciousness
Using ancient DNA and polygenic scores to imagine schizophrenia, bipolar, intelligence, and consciousness in early Holocene Europe through the Eve Theory lens.
Participation Mystique and the Many Ways to Be a Mind
A defense of Lévy-Bruhl’s participation mystique as a real mode of consciousness that explains ritual, religion, and group minds better than its critics admit.
Sam Harris on Consciousness, Illusion, and Materialism
A close reading of Sam Harris on consciousness, the self, free will, and whether his naturalism treats consciousness as ‘just an illusion’.
Against the Myth of the Ancient, Finished Self: Why “We Haven’t Changed in 50,000 Years” Is Obviously False
Ancient DNA, polygenic scores, and psychiatric genetics all say the human mind has evolved dramatically since the Ice Age—contra the 50,000-years myth.
Golden Man as Control System: Cybernetics Before the Self
Before introspective consciousness, humans were control systems without a narrative self. This essay reconstructs Golden Man using cybernetics, animal cognition, and Eve Theory of Consciousness.
Ten Papers that Push the Eve Theory of Consciousness Toward Science
Ten recent genetics and neuroscience papers that quietly support the Eve Theory of Consciousness: selection on language, psychosis, and the human self.
The Snake and the Syntax Tree: Why Language Had to Break the Garden
How recursive language, FOXP2, and fast-evolving regulatory DNA turned Golden Man’s mythic world into Eve’s self-conscious Garden exile.
Was Schizophrenia Once Normal? Psychosis, Language, and the Evolution of the Self
Explores whether schizophrenia-like states were once common, connecting psychosis, language, ancient DNA, and the evolution of consciousness.
Nephilim, Fallen Angels, and the Eve Theory of Consciousness
A speculative exploration of ancient ‘fallen angel’ myths through the Eve Theory of Consciousness, suggesting a bygone age when men lacked modern self-awareness while women led the way.