377. Each Side of the Brain Stokes Culture Wars & Destroys Beauty - Iain McGilchrist

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🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Iain McGilchrist 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. Go to Iain’s website: https://channelmcgilchrist.com/ Get extra content on http://andrewgold.locals.com Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Discover your inner detective when you download June’s Journey for free today on iOS and Android. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.1	There are just so many aspects of the way
0:56.8	the world is now, which reflect a sort of right hemisphere
1:01.0	brain damage.
1:01.7	I mean, humor being almost dead now.
1:03.8	You can't make any jokes.
1:04.7	I feel so sorry for comedians.
1:06.2	People trying to change the words of books as well.
1:08.9	Yes, absolutely.
1:10.5	It's the, did I say that the left hemisphere was in charge of manipulation?
1:15.0	They want to manipulate everything.
1:17.0	But I think the single most absurd, if we call it the sloganisation of politics,
1:22.0	is when the UN tweeted trans lesbians are
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