I want to pull on the thread of the hemispheres just very briefly, again, for lessons. There are an awful lot of misconceptions about and the sort of pop psychology myths aroundit. The left things exclusively in language, the right in images, and so on and so forth. And i believe this is because of the need to solve a conundrum, which is how to manipulate the world. That requires finely focussed, targeted attention to a detail,. while remaining alive by looking out for everything else that's going on while you're busy getting and grabbing. It effectively iswhy we have two tagues.
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.