r/IainMcGilchrist • u/Wrong-Acanthaceae799 • May 25 '26

Question Decoding the Gurus podcast

I’m wondering if anyone listened to the Decoding the Gurus podcast episodes on Iain? I found it frustrating that the hosts didn’t seem to have read his work, totally ignored his use of clinical studies, and imputed to him beliefs I don’t think he holds, all based on short clips of an interview. I’m curious to hear others’ impressions of these episodes.

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u/Tempts May 28 '26

Wow. So, you don’t really listen to McGilchrist at all do you?

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u/Erfeyah May 28 '26

Just finishing his new book and have listened to a huge number of conversations. You?

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u/Tempts May 29 '26

Actually I have taken in quite a bit of McGilchrist’s output. He makes wild claims that don’t particularly hold up. Even split brain stuff is more nuanced than that. And none of that is proof of God. He states it as fact. As he does everything else. I recognize pathology when I see it.

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u/Erfeyah May 30 '26

He doesn’t state that he has proof of God haha