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168. A Brain Divided | Iain McGilchrist

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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I Eddit at the Paragraph Level, Like All These Levels Actually Exist?

i ead it, i eddit, not letters, because i can spell, but i eddit words. I substitute one word for another. I eddit phrases and sentences - like all these levels actually exist. And what i think is happening now is that we are more and more saying anything that doesn't exist in the right hemisphere of our attention has no value. Doesn't matter if you're a surgeon or a chess player; they have to be very conscious of their work. It would be stupid to say that you're unconscious while you are typing. The whole thing emanates from what i call the field of view. But there's a very er fallacious and superficial argument that

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