suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING
Mike Hunter
mhunter at ack.Berkeley.EDU
Wed Sep 1 12:57:41 PDT 2004
On Sep 01, "Joshua Lokken" wrote:
> David Syphers wrote:
> > On Tuesday 31 August 2004 02:18 pm, Mike Hunter wrote:
> >> * Nerves from the brain cross over at neck-level to the opposite side
> >> of the * body, and nerves from the other side of the brain
> >> reciprocate. The end * result is that the opposite sides of the body
> >> are supplied by the opposite * sides of the brain.
> >>
> >> So it's deceptive to think that using the left hand would correspond
> >> to the *idea* of something on the left.
> >
> > Is there any reason to think that the idea of "left" is dealt with by
> > the left side of the brain? Sounds highly unlikely to me. You
> > certainly don't think of "front" only with the prefrontal cortex, or
> > "back" only with the occipital lobe.
>
> Actually, it's the inverse; the left brain handles right-side
> operations, and vice versa.
>
> > Apart from the one guy who gave a patch, this has been a very
> > entertaining (if useless) thread :)
>
> Indeed ;)
I think people forgot to look at the "X-Troll-Content" header in my
original mail :)
Mike
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