138: Left brain right brain

After reviewing a wheat beer from DuClaw, the boys review some of Iain McGilchrist's findings on differences between the functions of the two hemispheres, and what they say about how we view the world. The left and right hemispheres have very different perspectives on life. The right tends to look at the big picture, while the left tends to be more task-specific. When the two hemispheres are cut, scientists are able to communicate separately with each side, and have learned some very interesting things about how the two sides of our brain function, and what biases they bring to the world. McGilchrist is concerned that our society is becoming too left-brain focused, and believes we need a correction.