[JC] Nope, because I'm not arguing that the bi-hemisphericality of the human brain is the cause of dualistic thinking, I'm arguing that its the effect.
[Arlo] And, again, the studies DO NOT back this up. Even if you flip the cause and effect, it makes no different. There is no evidence that people, anyone, is 'right-brained' or 'left-brained'. What the studies DO show is that there may be universal tasks that correlate with specific hemispheres (e.g. language to the left), but even this is subject to neuroplasticity. That is the point. Your coopting a mistaken 'popular' belief and then trying to apply it to normalize Pirsig's classical/romantic schism. [JC] I don't care if right-brained is a physiological fact, or not. I care if the mental behavior we label "right-brain" is real. and it is. [Arlo] It is NOT. As I said, John, I'm not going to debate neurology with you. Any genuinely interested in the research has easy access to it. [JC] You prefer to think that the behavioral distinction doesn't exist, if we semantically ignore it. [Arlo] Like Pirsig, I think the distinction is one coerced upon us by the metaphysical ideas that underlie our culture. This was the point of ZMM. This distinction is ARTIFICIAL. I'm not sure what more I can even say, John, this is like basic ZMM 101, its completely disheartening to have to even act like this is somehow disputable. [JC] So what can I conclude but that science marches on and the beliefs of today will be attacked tomorrow. [Arlo] You should conclude that our understanding of things is in a constant state of refinement. People though the world was flat once too. [John] only you can say, when you've had enough. I have a feeling I'm in for some more. [Arlo] Yeah, but consider this nothing more than a frustrated summation. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
