Dr. Iain McGilchrist

We are in the midst of intellectual suicide — says Dr. Iain McGilchrist, psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and philosopher. An author of several books, he is known for his hemisphere hypothesis: according to this view, left-hemisphere thinking aims to manipulate and control the world — and the fact we built our civilizations on it is leading to immense destruction. Why is the right hemisphere actually the more intelligent one? Why should we see the left not as our intellectual leader, but as a useful servant? And why is it urgently necessary to restore a holistic view? Come and join the conversation with him at Brain Bar.

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