Many people in science approach their work without deeper questioning about why something works the way it does, and they don't engage in reflective analysis of their observations within a broader context—developing the habit of asking 'why does it actually do that?' and thinking about deeper implications is crucial but uncommon.

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Unidentified Speaker — Iain McGilchrist, Rupert Sheldrake and Alex Gomez-Marin in … [4O3ITKAG4_8]

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an awful lot of people see what they're doing in science as sort of self-evident and not not raising further questions is is there other unusual kind of mind that that asks the question so why does it actually do that why does it work like that

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Iain McGilchrist, Rupert Sheldrake and Alex Gomez-Marin in conversationDr Iain McGilchrist
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:27:29 PM

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