Glaucon wrote:
If it was possible to isolate creativity in the brain, it would be the right side.
I don't understand, "cut loose" and what would indicate that someone had cut loose?
You are most certainly correct and my mix-up. I was speaking with someone yesterday about the brain and they had (now I see)mistakenly assured me it was the left side, as I didn't recall. I mentioned as a joke is that why they call liberals lefties. I'm laughing at my mistake and will take the heat. This was not intended to offend anyone, as I myself am considered a liberal on OPP since I am not on the right, and I do happen to be creative.
I find it interesting how the different parties may very well be dominated by which side of the brain. I know that you have covered this in different speculations also.
But see if you can relate to what I'm referring;
The left brain is associated with verbal, logical, and analytical thinking. It excels in naming and categorizing things, symbolic abstraction, speech, reading, writing, arithmetic. The left brain is very linear: it places things in sequential order -- first things first and then second things second, etc. If you reflect back upon our own educational training, we have been traditionally taught to master the 3 R's: reading, writing and arithmetic -- the domain and strength of the left brain. The right brain, on the other hand, functions in a non-verbal manner and excels in visual, spatial, perceptual, and intuitive information.
The right brain processes information differently than the left brain. For the right brain, processing happens very quickly and the style of processing is nonlinear and nonsequential.
The right brain looks at the whole picture and quickly seeks to determine the spatial relationships of all the parts as they relate to the whole. This component of the brain is not concerned with things falling into patterns because of prescribed rules.
On the contrary, the right brain seems to flourish dealing with complexity, ambiguity and paradox. At times, right brain thinking is difficult to put into words because of its complexity, its ability to process information quickly and its non-verbal nature. The right brain has been associated with the realm of creativity.
Clearly this is an excellent example of both sides needing the other for balance. Isn't that ironic how we can take that exact viewpoint and compare it to our now seemingly two party system, two party house, two party congress.
Something to think about.
Forget about the other stuff, you're taking it way too seriously, lighten up Glauc, just kidding around
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