suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING

[Joshua Lokken]

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 ;)

-- 
Joshua Lokken

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