Human Nature and the Divided Brain | Iain McGilchrist

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  @nschlaak · 2 years ago

  My dad was left-handed and always had a tough time in a right-handed world. When I discovered that left-handed people use the right side of their brain and vice versa I came up with this humor to ease their lot in life. "People who are left-handed use the right side of their brain and people who are right-handed use what's left." Dad laughed and that was all that mattered.

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• XI

  @ximono · 2 years ago

  I think the world needs a McGilchrist College.

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• RU

  @Runjeev · 1 year ago

  The Master and his Emissary is one of my favorite books of all time. As i was reading it I felt like i was hanging on by the edge of my nails - straining to keep up with the high intellect of Mr. McGilchrist. By the end of the book, I honestly felt like my brain itself had physically expanded by the new truths I gained, about the world and myself. The world would be a better place if every school was taught this book.

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• DA

  @dawnbowen3563 · 1 month ago

  This is so very good! Having to pay close attention as to follow the conversation that is both deep, yet simple.

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• CR

  @CriticalLinker · 1 year ago

  That beautiful room is the perfect setting for such a conversation.

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• TI

  @tinman1952 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The following quote is from Carlos Castaneda's book The Power of Silence describing one of his experiences under the tutelage of his benefactor don Juan Matus, a Yaqui Indian man of knowledge. Note the correspondence with Dr McGilchrist's teaching. "I abruptly pulled over to the side of the road. And right there I had, for the first time in my life, a clear knowledge of a dualism in me. Two obviously separate parts were within my being. One was extremely old, at ease, indifferent. It was heavy, dark, and connected to everything else. It was the part of me that did not care, because it was equal to anything. It enjoyed things with no expectation. The other part was light, new, fluffy, agitated. It was nervous, fast. It cared about itself because it was insecure and did not enjoy anything, simply because it lacked the capacity to connect itself to anything. It was alone, on the surface, vulnerable. That was the part with which I looked at the world. I deliberately looked around with that part. Everywhere I looked I saw extensive farmlands. And that insecure, fluffy, and caring part of me got caught between being proud of the industriousness of man and being sad at the sight of the magnificent old Sonoran desert turned into an orderly scene of furrows and domesticated plants. The old, dark, heavy part of me did not care. And the two parts entered into a debate. The fluffy part wanted the heavy part to care, and the heavy part wanted the other one to stop fretting, and to enjoy."

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• WH

  @whereis1 · 2 months ago

  I feel enlightened and inspired! Where does this conversation intersect with theories on the etilogy of Autism Spectrum Disorder?

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• LI

  @livenotbylies4412 · 2 years ago

  Being able to watch these two brilliant men and share in their conversation was a blessing!  Thank-you to Hillsdale for helping us to be wiser through great interviews such as this.

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• 0U

  @0ucantstopme034 · 2 years ago

  Listening to Dr. McGilchrist describe the process of receiving his fellowship to  "All Souls" is amazing.  Some truly gifted people out there...

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• JA

  @jaysphilosophy1951 · 2 years ago

  You never stop learning.....

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• BI

  @bitcoinmining6361 · 1 year ago

  Imagine a clock, face on, we see, a clockwise motion, if you go behind the same hand is moving anti-clockwise. The only thing that has changed is our perspective

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• CO

  @colintuson9601 · 11 days ago

  Great interview, both of you!