[MD] Iain McGilchrist

[David Morey]

Hi Ian

Agreed, just thought I'd take the chance to amend it.

DM

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ian Glendinning
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 1:48 PM
To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
Subject: Re: [MD] Iain McGilchrist

(For those still struggling with the "imprisoned by language" (or not)
debate ...)

Obviously David, the "half" was explicitly implied, since no other
word would fit and maintain your sense .... It was your sense - and
McGilchrist and Zizek - I was agreeing with, not the character strings
in the email.

Beats spamming FB wall / feed with all your read links ;-)
Ian

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:13 PM, David Morey <davidint at blueyonder.co.uk> 
wrote:
> Hi Ian
>
> Many thanks actually I meant to say...
>
> David M
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ian Glendinning
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 12:13 PM
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Subject: Re: [MD] Iain McGilchrist
>
>
> Hi David, as you know I'm a big fan of McGilchrist - blogged many
> references - those couple of sentences of yours ...
>
> "MOQers can very much read this as a book about how the different
> halves of the brain have adapted to deal with SQ in the one half and
> DQ in the other. And how the left and SQ biased half has come to dominate
>
> our thinking and society and led to a very split and dualistic form of
> thinking."
>
> ... form a very good summary.
> Ian
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:08 PM, David Morey <davidint at blueyonder.co.uk>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Another book I'd strongly recommend for MOQers is this one:
>>
>>
>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Master-His-Emissary-Divided-Western/dp/0300188374/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360842736&sr=1-1
>>
>> McGilchrist explains how the two halves of the brain seem to work very
>> differently and how this has influenced our society and culture
>> in massive ways. MOQers can very much read this as a book about how the
>> different halves of the brain have adapted to deal with SQ
>> in the one half and DQ in the other. And how the left and SQ biased has
>> come
>> to dominate our thinking and society and led to a very
>> split and dualistic form of thinking.
>>
>> Here's some videos explaining the key ideas:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFs9WO2B8uI
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDO0yXgpD2w
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4fpyDDfcfQ
>>
>> Here's a paper exploring the key ideas:
>>
>>
>> http://www.thersa.org/action-research-centre/social-brain/reports/the-divided-brain
>>
>> The book has had a big impact in the UK and many interesting
>> people and thinkers are exploring its ideas.
>>
>> All the best
>> David Morey
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