Humans see and understand the world in different ways, ways that appear to map onto the brain’s function and in particular its hemispheric nature. But how has that ‘attention’ shaped the world we live in today?
Nick Spencer talks to the former Consultant Psychiatrist and author of 'The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World' about brains, minds, cultures, and God.
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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
Channel McGilchrist
Murdering to dissect: The Master and his Emissary
The Divided Brain
Iain McGilchrist
How Can You Truly Know A Person? In conversation with David Brooks
What is a Life Worth? In conversation with Jenny Kleeman
Why is Mental Health so Bad Among the Young? In conversation with Abigail Shrier
Can Animals be Persons? In conversation with Mark Rowlands
Should You Choose to Live Forever? In conversation with Stephen Cave
When will AI evolve a soul? In conversation with Eve Poole
What would it mean to discover alien life (or them us)? In conversation with Andrew Davison
Should we really be playing God? In conversation with Nick Spencer
Will technology liberate or enslave us? Live in conversation with Robert Skidelsky
How have we changed the world - and how has it changed us? In conversation with Peter Frankopan
Who are the new elites? In conversation with Matt Goodwin
Who is responsible for feeding us (well)? In conversation with Pen Vogler
What does the end of the world look like? In conversation with Cal Flyn
What makes a philosophical mind? In conversation with Dan Dennett
When is the next big crash? In conversation with Linda Yueh
What is a mind? In conversation with Philip Ball
What do we even mean by 'God'? In conversation with David Bentley Hart
Why are Pentecostals taking over the world? In conversation with Elle Hardy
How much does Britain cost? In conversation with Paul Johnson
What are the risks of going green? In conversation with Henry Sanderson
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