New Delhi, April 21 -- Septuagenarian Dr. Iain McGilchrist, a world-renowned philosopher, psychiatrist, and neuroscientist, recently addressed a symposium titled The Future of Humanity, where he explored some of the most pressing questions at the heart of our existence-the existence of what is good, beautiful, and true. Reflecting on his lifetime, he observed that these fundamental transcendental values have been increasingly sidelined, decried, debased, and even destroyed. "It is not just that we are distracted from truth," he noted, "but we demand protection from it, lest it hurt us-in case life itself hurts us."

Such an observation has never felt more poignant. In a world increasingly perceived as unkind, unfeeling, and unconcerned-wh...