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Date:      Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:57:35 -0700
From:      Mike Hunter <mhunter@ack.Berkeley.EDU>
To:        Joshua Lokken <joshua@joshualokken.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING
Message-ID:  <20040901195735.GA14677@ack.Berkeley.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <000001c4905c$3dd35eb0$56171aac@slackey>
References:  <200408311440.35836.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> <000001c4905c$3dd35eb0$56171aac@slackey>

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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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