Professor Crockett’s important research is entirely consistent with the hundreds of observations by noted neuroscientist, psychiatrist, philosopher, and former Oxford English professor Iain McGilchrist. In his stunning 2009 book, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, he surveys abundant, converging evidence that supports his thesis that our left hemisphere is increasingly out of control, dominating the right hemisphere that it was designed to serve.
Just as Crockett warns, science is overly influenced by a compulsion to measure, ignoring the crucial contributions of qualitative research. McGilchrist attributes this tendency to the left hemisphere's narrow view of reality as reduced to what is measurable. Empathy; intuition; appreciation for literature; music; and art are all right hemisphere functions. He tells us that our right hemispheres are literally more in touch with reality than our left hemispheres are.
Crockett’s warnings about the limitations of quantitative research are especially timely, given their worries about quantitatively driven AI models.
Professor Crockett’s important research is entirely consistent with the hundreds of observations by noted neuroscientist, psychiatrist, philosopher, and former Oxford English professor Iain McGilchrist. In his stunning 2009 book, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, he surveys abundant, converging evidence that supports his thesis that our left hemisphere is increasingly out of control, dominating the right hemisphere that it was designed to serve.
Just as Crockett warns, science is overly influenced by a compulsion to measure, ignoring the crucial contributions of qualitative research. McGilchrist attributes this tendency to the left hemisphere's narrow view of reality as reduced to what is measurable. Empathy; intuition; appreciation for literature; music; and art are all right hemisphere functions. He tells us that our right hemispheres are literally more in touch with reality than our left hemispheres are.
Crockett’s warnings about the limitations of quantitative research are especially timely, given their worries about quantitatively driven AI models.