Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:45:31 -0500 From: "Joshua Lokken" <joshua@joshualokken.com> To: "'David Syphers'" <dsyphers@u.washington.edu>, "'Mike Hunter'" <mhunter@ack.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: RE: suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING Message-ID: <000001c4905c$3dd35eb0$56171aac@slackey> In-Reply-To: <200408311440.35836.dsyphers@u.washington.edu>
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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. >>=20 >> So it's deceptive to think that using the left hand would correspond >> to the *idea* of something on the left. >=20 > 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 ;) --=20 Joshua Lokken --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.749 / Virus Database: 501 - Release Date: 9/1/2004 =20
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