How Our Brains Tricked Us - Dr. Iain McGilchrist (4K) | heretics. 33

Iain McGilchrist believes that the different left-right hemispheres of the divided brain are stoking the culture wars and leading to a deluded world. He is a psychiatrist, writer, and former Oxford literary scholar. McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book The Master and His Emissary, subtitled The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. Today, he speaks of how art and beauty are fighting a losing battle due to the traits of one hemisphere of our brain.

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Chapters:
0:00 Dr. Iain McGilchrist Highlights
0:50 The Two Sides of the Brain
4:50 How each side controls your body
6:20 Our Brains Feed the Culture Wars
9:20 Left is Bad At Understanding Others
12:35 Trans Confusion
16:40 This is Narcissistic & Angry
17:40 Can We Teach Compassion & Nuance
20:50 Problem with University DEI ‘Woo Woo’
24:50 Woke ChatGPT, AI & Richard Dawkins
27:20 The Fixed vs Growth Mindset
29:50 Colleges Won’t Accept Different Views
33:20 Sapir-Whorf (Weird Language)
36:50 Language & Swearing in the Brain
39:50 Americans, Sarcasm & Tourette’s
42:50 The Changing Nature of Offence
44:50 Identity Became Sacrosanct
46:50 Trump & Anti-White Racism
48:50 We used to allow jokes about race
52:50 Socratic Method & Freudian Therapy
55:50 Blaming Others
58:50 Left vs Right on Power
1:00:50 Self-Analysis
1:03:40 We’ve Lost The Art of Interpretation
1:04:50 The End of Our Civilization
1:08:10 Two Heretics Iain Admires

[andrewgoldheretics]

Hit like, subscribe - and comment below (this is a bloody good episode, Iain is amazing)

[annieodowd]

I’m a teacher of English literature. Sadly, the Humanities are reduced to a sad and very dull post modern lens of deconstruction. All is seen a-historically and without contextual nuance. 😢

[Daydreamer-om]

I'm in my 60's and I look out at my community and think "has the world gone mad or me". Nothing makes sense to me anymore. There is no laughter on the streets anymore. That's what I miss most of the 60's & 70's women would laugh over garden wall or standing in circles on the street gossiping, children running and laughing up and down the streets. Laughter after pubs close and that really loud sch.

[shirleydanby]

Sometimes i just think im going mad. Am i just in my 40's becoming more cynical and finding change hard. Or am i actually witnessing, the decline of our society and communities. Who hasnt realised theyre laughing less and quicker to anger.
Its quite distressing and its a constant battle to reflect and try in staying true to ourselves and our principles.

[allthefunofthefair]

Iain has an incredible mind - he’s a true polymath - and yet remains humble. An extraordinary person.

[christinestone]

My "brain didn't turn me woke". My brain did however recoil at the loss of logic and reason.

[CatharineWakefield]

I applaud the way Andrew is managing his choice of guests and the deceptively simple approach he takes to draw them out. Am loving this podcast

[triggered]

"The less you know, the more you think you know" ...

[elioxman]

The two most important things people are not taught today are humility and kindness.

[aliciameeks]

“Things which speak to us intuitively, speaks to us profoundly.” -Iain McGilchrist 🙌🏻
Beautifully said!

[jerrymoore]

My brain thirsts for these sorts of conversations. Thank you

[voices_vary]

Learning to play a musical instrument--especially piano--will very much help people think independently. It wires the brain differently.

[HelloJamesBond]

Iain McGilchrist is such an impressive bloke, very eloquent and good thats he's so intellectual but also with a good sense of humour!

[voices_vary]

What a fascinating guest. Thank you for hosting him.

[isaklytting]

I've listened for 12 minutes, and have already found myself saying, "that is SO true!" about ten times! I really appreciate his perspective and his insights. I feel they make a lot of sense, and are very a pro pos to the place we currently find ourselves.

[DerekBoyes]

I've watched stacks of McGilchrist videos and I am just 100 pages off finishing his magnum opus - The Matter With Things. He is always fascinating to listen to and I'm often in awe by his words. This interview was one of the most enjoyable, he comes across much more relaxed and humorous, which I think is also testament to Andrew's ability to make his guests feel so welcome. Thank you to both of you! Now I really must go to bed - it's 1:42am and I have a ticket to see Dune part 2 at 11:40 tomorrow morning! :)

[MissBeeeBeee]

Excellent interview, Andrew!! Please bring him back. ✌️

As Peter Boghossian said: “We are living in uniquely stupid times.”

[sarasamson]

Thank you for another great Heretics interview. My experience with 'right brain / left brain' began in the early '90s, when my dominant right hand became injured at work a week before beginning a college drawing class I didn't want to cancel. My project became a series of dual drawings, one with each hand. I decided I couldn't earn a living as an artist, so for 20+ years have been working (on computers) in biotech operations. Increasingly anxiety-ridden, I decided to start drawing again, with the left hand only, in 2017. I wanted to 'develop new neural pathways'. I later resumed painting, only the left hand, through the Covid years. It has made a difference in how I think, perceive my surroundings and problem solve. Now I draw and paint with both hands on the same pictures. However, I've become increasingly indifferent to technology and am exploring more creative, non-technical options.

[ellie]

As a boring accountant myself, I feel the need to protest at the derogatory remarks of your, otherwise, magnificent guest, Dr McGilchrist. I am now traumatised and intend to seek psychiatric help. I am ONLY JOKING of-course and agree with the comment about British irony and humour being lost on some (but not all) Americans

[zoltanrudolf]

The English speaking countries are in so much trouble it is terrifying.