If you are fooled by an optical illusion, that doesn't mean you should walk arond with your eyes close. ignore them at your peril, because you then lose a compass. So we have agreed that, in fact, what he is talking about his slicing the brain, not as i do, sort of laterally, but sort of top to bottom. But if, and this is very clear, andi show the evidence in the booktat, it is very much the left hemisphere which jumps to conclusions.
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.