{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/651d7f310832100010b5933d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Does the world have brain damage? Neuroscientist Prof. Shane O'Mara discussions right brain problems and is a lot more optimistic than Chris & Jim ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/1696432413015-c811c97e60fbcbed3178b73854380684.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Do we have a right brain problem? Author and journalist Matthew Syed said so in a recent fascinating Sunday Times column.</p><p><br></p><p>Professor of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin, Shane O'Mara, says no.</p><p><br></p><p>So why is our political discourse, pretty much everywhere, so polarised, context &amp; nuance free, and just so nasty?</p><p><br></p><p>Why, when we know, with as much certainty as we can muster, that the world is a very uncertain place, is everyone so certain?</p><p><br></p><p>Shane is tempted to say that the world was ever thus and Chris &amp; Jim should stay off Twitter.</p><p><br></p><p>Point taken, but the authoritarian, conspiracy loving nut jobs do seem to have the upper hand - or at least are making more noise.</p><p><br></p><p>In this podcast, AI is confused with AIB. That is a step too far.</p>","author_name":"Jim Power & Chris Johns"}