"I take issue with is, as you're kind of alluding to, the am drawing of conclusions from that," says Andthess. "We should dismiss all intuition, and we're already just a bunch of automatons, and we don't really have any free will, and it's all predetermined anyway." But he adds: 'i do need to emphasize that i don't think carnaman holds any of the views that you outline'
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist and author of The Master and His Emissary and The Matter with Things. In the episode we discuss:
- The differences between the left and right brain hemispheres and how they shape your perspective - The 4 pathways to understanding - science, reason, intuition & imagination - How the big problems we face including the assault on Nature, destruction of Culture are all related
We also talk about the significance of morality and the intersection of science and religion.