fwiw, I’d kind of like to see this book epistemically-spot-checked before building too much off it (I was chatting about it recently and some of the claims seemed iffy to me. It seemed like it should probably be able to identify easier-to-check claims and check to make sure he’s at least getting obvious things right)
My understanding is that the last time people got really into Left Brain / Right Brain as a dichotomy it ended getting kinda pop-sci-simplified (which eventually resulted in it falling out of favor), and I’d like to “do it right this time” if it’s going to be a thing people are building theories and models around.
Also I agree lots of precision and discernment are useful to maintain here. It could get “floppy” real fast if people aren’t careful with their concepts / models.
fwiw, I’d kind of like to see this book epistemically-spot-checked before building too much off it (I was chatting about it recently and some of the claims seemed iffy to me. It seemed like it should probably be able to identify easier-to-check claims and check to make sure he’s at least getting obvious things right)
My understanding is that the last time people got really into Left Brain / Right Brain as a dichotomy it ended getting kinda pop-sci-simplified (which eventually resulted in it falling out of favor), and I’d like to “do it right this time” if it’s going to be a thing people are building theories and models around.
I’ve been watching a bunch of videos on this, and I’m finding them quite interesting so far.
http://iainmcgilchrist.com/videos/
Also I agree lots of precision and discernment are useful to maintain here. It could get “floppy” real fast if people aren’t careful with their concepts / models.