There must be a reason?

JT said:

Do you think it's the next wave of evolution?

Relatedly, and admittedly in what at first sight appear to be a juxtaposition. Or at least an overarching, vague analogy:

'Jaynes theorized that a shift from bicameral mentality marked the beginning of introspection and consciousness as we know it today. According to Jaynes, this bicameral mentality began malfunctioning or "breaking down" during the 2nd millennium BCE.

The Bronze age collapse of the 2nd millennium BCE led to mass migrations and created a rash of unexpected situations and stresses which required ancient minds to become more flexible and creative. Self-awareness, or consciousness, was the culturally evolved solution to this problem. This necessity of communicating commonly observed phenomena among individuals who shared no common language or cultural upbringing encouraged those communities to become self-aware to survive in a new environment. Thus consciousness, like bicameral mentality, emerged as a neurological adaptation to social complexity in a changing world.'

(On Professor Julian Jaynes' book 'The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind')

Language and metaphor (and, arguably, what might be called the Autistic mind?) perhaps constitute that 'next wave'. Who, after all, can truly tell? Granted, this speculation can appear somewhat ridiculous - the difficulties attendant to Autism as the herald of a new way of thinking? - but, in truth, so many unheralded and marginalised ways of thinking might be the birth-pangs of new thought and a new stage, if only allowed to flourish. Communication is the key that unlocks potential; and perhaps one of the notable features of Autism is our wrestling with the difficulties of communication. Learning an alien or new 'language', or communicating either, is often a struggle to overcome and a communion difficult to achieve.

JT said:

Do you think it's the next wave of evolution?

Relatedly, and admittedly in what at first sight appear to be a juxtaposition. Or at least an overarching, vague analogy:

'Jaynes theorized that a shift from bicameral mentality marked the beginning of introspection and consciousness as we know it today. According to Jaynes, this bicameral mentality began malfunctioning or "breaking down" during the 2nd millennium BCE.

The Bronze age collapse of the 2nd millennium BCE led to mass migrations and created a rash of unexpected situations and stresses which required ancient minds to become more flexible and creative. Self-awareness, or consciousness, was the culturally evolved solution to this problem. This necessity of communicating commonly observed phenomena among individuals who shared no common language or cultural upbringing encouraged those communities to become self-aware to survive in a new environment. Thus consciousness, like bicameral mentality, emerged as a neurological adaptation to social complexity in a changing world.'

(On Professor Julian Jaynes' book 'The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind')

Language and metaphor (and, arguably, what might be called the Autistic mind?) perhaps constitute that 'next wave'. Who, after all, can truly tell? Granted, this speculation can appear somewhat ridiculous - the difficulties attendant to Autism as the herald of a new way of thinking? - but, in truth, so many unheralded and marginalised ways of thinking might be the birth-pangs of new thought and a new stage, if only allowed to flourish. Communication is the key that unlocks potential; and perhaps one of the notable features of Autism is our wrestling with the difficulties of communication. Learning an alien or new 'language', or communicating either, is often a struggle to overcome and a communion difficult to achieve.