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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World with Iain McGilchrist

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Nov 7, 2019
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ANECDOTE

Triumph of Procedure over Reality

  • A woman found her supposedly dead brother warm in the morgue, but a nurse insisted he was dead, citing paperwork.
  • The woman persisted, got medical help, and her brother survived, highlighting the triumph of procedure over reality.
ADVICE

Strategic Language Use

  • Carefully choose language, especially in corporate settings.
  • The left hemisphere may reject certain words, so consider alternatives that resonate better.
INSIGHT

Education Stifles Creativity

  • Educational systems often prioritize rote procedures over children's innate preference for analogous thinking.
  • This focus on procedure hinders creativity and promotes mediocrity.
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