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I'm curious about your defense of Jaynes' theory! If small scale hunter gathering groups regularly hear voices in adaptive contexts (as Jaynes' theory suggests), have you found reports of "first contact" with these groups that support that claim?

My experience reading surveys of these types of reports has included relatively little hearing of voices, but commonplace "magical thinking" in interpretation of dreams, omens, and ordeals (I'm mostly relying on a book called Primitive Mentality by Lévy-Bruhl). But have you found any reports that suggest a Jaynesian type of culture?

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