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> As a result, my left brain, the expert at numbers and language and logic and reasoning, a part of it suffocated and died. My right brain, the specialist with
by ozy23378 12y ago
> As a result, my left brain, the expert at numbers and language and logic and reasoning, a part of it suffocated and died. My right brain, the specialist with regard to color, music, creativity, intuition, and emotions, therefore could not talk to my left brain.
This popular myth of broad specialization of the hemispheres needs to die. The author lost credibility there.
- jamesdelaneyie 12y agoThat really irked me as well, which is an absolute shame because the rest of the article was very well written.
- sergiosgc 12y agoThere were a thousand ways to convey this information. You could have pointed at articles, you could have enlightened the reading audience. You chose the one with the highest insult to information ratio. And you did this when the target of the insult is someone who went through a tough ordeal. Humanity never ceases to amaze me, on both ends of the spectrum.
- ozy23378 12y agoMy first draft was actually more harsh, mostly because I do not consider this essay well written in several aspects. I did not insult the author; I just did not sugarcoat my criticism, as US American culture of insincere friendliness may demand.
- sergiosgc 12y agoI'm not North American. Your post has a high insult/information ratio in any culture.
- ozy23378 12y agoYou still have not pointed out my alleged insult (as in personal attack). The only insult I see here is your passive-aggressive one: "Humanity never ceases to amaze me, on both ends of the spectrum." As for your questioning why I did not reference external sources, the invalidity of this popular myth is far from arcane knowledge, especially on the Internet where it is just one web search away, and I do not reward lazy ignorance.
- modsrm 12y agoAfter you read it, is this all you have to say? Lost credibility? The author is telling her story, she is not writing a scientific paper.
- ozy23378 12y agoI have to admit that I finally stopped reading after "My heart freaked out. My heart didn’t want to be closed. It didn’t want to be touched."