Get all sides of every story and be better informed at https://ground.news/AlexOC - subscribe for 40% off unlimited access. For early, ad-free access to videos, support the channel at https://www.patreon.com/alexoc To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic - VIDEO NOTES 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. - LINKS Buy The Master and His Emissary: https://amzn.to/44X44XS - TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Why the Brain is Split Into Two Hemispheres 07:14 Evolutionary Need for Brain Separation 16:23 What Both Sides Are Responsible For 21:52 Richard Dawkins and Jordan Peterson 32:25 Is Society Too Left-Brain Dominated? 41:08 A Left-Brain View of Love 45:11 Why Humans Are Not Like Machines 49:35 Could Machines Become Conscious? 58:35 God is Not a Divine Engineer 1:11:23 Is it Possible to Unlock the Right Brain? 1:23:45 Viewing Religion With Your Left Brain 1:32:18 Principles for Being More Right-Brained 1:13:20 Ending - SPECIAL THANKS A special thanks to my top-tier supporters on Patreon: Tom Rindell James Younger, DDS - CONNECT My Website: https://www.alexoconnor.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic TikTok: @CosmicSkeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/within-reason/id1458675168 - CONTACT Business email: contact@alexoconnor.com ------------------------------------------