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436. What Your Left Brain Won’t Tell Your Right Brain | Dr. Iain McGilchrist

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Tower of Babel and the Nature of Attention

This chapter examines the Tower of Babel as a metaphor for totalitarianism, contrasting rigid intellect with proper attentional orientation. It discusses the philosophical implications of perception and the effects of left hemisphere brain damage on behavior and thought patterns.

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