E139| Cosmic Drives, Intuition, AI and the Soul w/ Iain McGilchrist

Welcoming Dr Iain McGilchrist, renowned psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher and literary scholar, in dialogue with Tim Adalin for Voicecraft. We explore the relation between cosmic drives, the left and right hemispheres, attention, religion, power, good, evil, AI and the soul.Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e139-cosmic-drives-intuition-ai-and-the-soul-w/-iain-mcgilchrist-and-tim-adalin---0:00:00 Introduction0:00:04 What is Intuition?0:02:28 Intuition and the Hemispheres0:04:41 The Basis of Understanding0:08:13 Left and Right Hemisphere Dynamics0:11:49 Participation in Reality0:18:29 Bundling and Unbundling: Economics and AI0:23:11 Dividing and Uniting: When and Why0:30:02 Understanding vs. Information0:34:19 Animate and Inanimate: A Continuum0:42:53 The Artificial Intelligence Predicament0:54:26 Narcissism and Echo Chambers1:00:43 Consciousness as Field1:07:15 Cancer, Bureaucracy, and Runaway Systems1:17:09 The Assault on Nature, Body, and Culture1:25:00 Authority, Doubt, and Transformation1:34:12 Religion, Certainty, and Common Truths1:40:57 The Soul and Life as Pilgrimage---Dr Iain McGilchrist is a renowned psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher and literary scholar. He is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and his influential work explores the relationship between the brain's hemispheres and the nature of human experience, reality, and culture. He is the author of The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World and the monumental two-volume work The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World. Find his YouTube channel @DrIainMcGilchrist ---Tim Adalin is a philosopher and the founder of The Voicecraft Project.Connect with Tim @ https://www.timadalin.xyzListen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0