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This is a fascinating discussion, particularly in light of the human brain architecture. Back in school, my prof used to reference the distinctions between the
by osipov 18y ago
This is a fascinating discussion, particularly in light of the human brain architecture. Back in school, my prof used to reference the distinctions between the left and right brains in context of alternative computing approaches used by each half. The right brain seems to be more in line with the statistical machine learning approach, effectively a black box data processor producing intuitive results from large quantities of data. The right brain works great in context of normal data distributions. The left brain is the logical brain and can override the right brain. The left brain is about language based reasoning and can handle the novel and unexpected situations or in other words the statistical outliers that give trouble to the right brain.
- nazgulnarsil 18y agothe idea that the brain performs several different types of computation on the same data set and then compares the results is interesting and worth following up on.
- randomhack 18y agoIs there any proof for the statements made about left/right brains? Was the prof learned in neuroscience? Or is it just some folk tale stuff?
- osipov 18y agoNothing folksy about left/right brain distinction. Check out this tour de force TED video with a Harvard neuroscientist talking about the differences in brain halves http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229 http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229