Eduardo Santiago
Part One (the brain) was dense but fascinating. It required close attention, note-taking, frequent rereading of paragraphs and pages. His arguments come off as solid, although possibly that's my personal bias speaking.
Part Two (history) was dense and impenetrable. Much handwaving, many claims that I find unfalsifiable. His depiction of a left-brain dystopia, in the final chapter, is chillingly close to present-day USA but with one surprising exception: he surmises that religion would be obsolete. Forgetting, apparently, that religion is a power-control mechanism?
McGilchrist is the most erudite writer I've read in years. Much of my reading time was spent looking up words, philosophers, historical figures. I learned a great deal about the brain, the mind, and consciousness. But I'm neither intelligent nor educated enough to understand the vast majority of it. Would someone please come out with a Reader's Digest version?
Part One (the brain) was dense but fascinating. It required close attention, note-taking, frequent rereading of paragraphs and pages. His arguments come off as solid, although possibly that's my personal bias speaking.
Part Two (history) was dense and impenetrable. Much handwaving, many claims that I find unfalsifiable. His depiction of a left-brain dystopia, in the final chapter, is chillingly close to present-day USA but with one surprising exception: he surmises that religion would be obsolete. Forgetting, apparently, that religion is a power-control mechanism?
McGilchrist is the most erudite writer I've read in years. Much of my reading time was spent looking up words, philosophers, historical figures. I learned a great deal about the brain, the mind, and consciousness. But I'm neither intelligent nor educated enough to understand the vast majority of it. Would someone please come out with a Reader's Digest version?