In his book “The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World,” Iain McGilchrist, a British psychiatrist, philosopher and neuroscientist, argues that the manner in which the two hemispheres of our brain operate is substantially different. Each hemisphere offers a unique kind of attention to the world, an attention which brings a certain version of the world into being. The right hemisphere sees the world as a whole, understands context, embraces ambiguity, and values empathy and deep connection. The left hemisphere specializes in narrow, focused attention, paying attention to the virtual world that it has created, which is self-consistent, but self-contained. Powerful – but also limited, because it is ultimately only able to operate on, and to know, itself. According to McGilchrist, we have become entranced by the version of the world brought into being by the left hemisphere and forgotten the insights produced by the right. We need both hemispheres, he concludes, but we need the "emissary" left hemisphere to serve the "master" right hemisphere.
From the human perspective in science, we will discuss the implications of the proposed current imbalance and missed potential.

You can read the book or watch an interview with Iain McGilchrist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ9_FtLEeoc

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