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168. A Brain Divided | Iain McGilchrist

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Why Do You Have to Look at the World in Two Ways?

Many creatures with developed nervous systems have a bifercated brain. The right hemisphere seems to be specialized more for what you don't knowwel, whereas the left hemisphere is specializedMore for what you do know. So it's as though there is something really important about keeping two things apart. All creatures, without exception, need to eat and not be eaten.

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