The Divided Brain and the Search for Meaning

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Iain McGilchrist’s new book The Master and His Emissary speaks to everyone searching for happiness, meaning, and understanding in the modern world.

Humans have speculated about the differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain for millennia. Why did evolution lead to humans and many other animals developing two cerebral hemispheres, separated by a groove? No neuroscientist would dispute that there are significant differences; but until now, no one has understood why.

Dr. Iain McGilchrist has an empirical answer to this question, and his ideas have profound consequences for how humans understand themselves and their place in the world.

The talk explores how the competition between the two hemispheres has shaped civilization and progress. Yet, in our hyper-rationalist modern age, it threatens to undermine the deepest and most sacred of human values.

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