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The Divided Brain

For Iain McGilchrist,the problem is not only bad politics ora warped economic system

For Iain McGilchrist,
the problem is not only bad politics or
a warped economic system

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For Iain McGilchrist, the problem
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is not only bad politics or a warped economic system.
Duration
9 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:28
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

A film which explores a radical new idea - is there an imbalance between our brain hemispheres that is affecting how we live in our modern society?
The problem is inside our modern brain. - The Divided Brain 00:05
The problem is inside our modern brain.
Some people find it a little bit overwhelming. - The Divided Brain 00:05
Some people find it a little bit overwhelming.
I suspect it's what the people call - The Divided Brain 00:10
I suspect it's what the people call
There is something very special about the whole place. - The Divided Brain 00:05
There is something very special about the whole place.
There's a strong energy there from the wildness of nature. - The Divided Brain 00:06
There's a strong energy there from the wildness of natu...
It was here that McGilchrist developed his groundbreaking - The Divided Brain 00:06
It was here that McGilchrist developed his groundbreaking
My dad was a doctor and tried to avoid becoming a doctor. - The Divided Brain 00:05
My dad was a doctor and tried to avoid becoming a doctor.
[NON-ENGLISH SINGING] - The Divided Brain 00:10
[NON-ENGLISH SINGING]
As a young man, he taught literature - The Divided Brain 00:07
As a young man, he taught literature
After I got my degree, I got a fellowship at All Souls - The Divided Brain 00:09
After I got my degree, I got a fellowship at All Souls
And into that time, I then ended up really - The Divided Brain 00:08
And into that time, I then ended up really
When we read a poem or we listen to a piece of music, - The Divided Brain 00:07
When we read a poem or we listen to a piece of music,
In other words, it has enormous effects on you physiologically. - The Divided Brain 00:07
In other words, it has enormous effects on you physiological...
I felt that we were doing something - The Divided Brain 00:06
I felt that we were doing something
People in the past had taken trouble - The Divided Brain 00:07
People in the past had taken trouble
And we came along and made it general - The Divided Brain 00:04
And we came along and made it general
And making a poem explicit is a bit like explaining a joke. - The Divided Brain 00:05
And making a poem explicit is a bit like explaining a joke.
It just makes it fall flat. - The Divided Brain 00:04
It just makes it fall flat.
A work of art is an embodied being - The Divided Brain 00:06
A work of art is an embodied being
It's not a bunch of thought that just has - The Divided Brain 00:06
It's not a bunch of thought that just has