Because it is. Jaynes contends that the _origin of consciousness_ (hence 
the title, duh...) happened when the bicameral mind broke down- when the 
two ceased to be separate. This is certainly a hypothesis, by all and any 
definitions of the word, even yours....
>(...and *all* of this bi-cameral stuff is not related to the book since I
>haven't heard of the book
You have now.
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