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That's good fun but I don't think it has anything to do with left/right brain stuff....
Well, the jury's still out on exactly what qualities match with what lateralization (manual or cognitive,) but statistical analysis of the fields that differently handed people end up studying or working in suggest there are significant differences, and their brains scan differently under MRI (http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=main.doiLanding&uid=2006-20657-008 .) Whether these differences are congenital (http://anthropology.net/2007/08/01/lrrtm1-a-possible-gene-for-left-handedness/ - we're genetically different,) or learned (http://drmeals.homestead.com/files/lefties_in_a_right_hand_world.pdf - we have to learn to cope in a predominantly right-handed world,) is still a little uncertain (I think probably a bit of both.)
A few more footnote references (as ever,) courtesy of Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laterality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-handed#Possible_effects_in_humans_on_thinking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness#Brain_hemisphere_division_of_labor
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Maybe bots *are* more intelligent than humans.
You know, dolphins have huge brains for their body size, but apparently so much of it goes into sonar that there is little left for the arts and sciences. Humans also have large brains, but perhaps so much of it goes into competitive prestige-hunting that there isn't much left for the arts and sciences.
Our bots have small 'brains', but none of it is used for perception or action. There's no amygdala, no cerebellum, etc.. It's all used for 'speech'.
You know, dolphins have huge brains for their body size, but apparently so much of it goes into sonar that there is little left for the arts and sciences. Humans also have large brains, but perhaps so much of it goes into competitive prestige-hunting that there isn't much left for the arts and sciences.
Our bots have small 'brains', but none of it is used for perception or action. There's no amygdala, no cerebellum, etc.. It's all used for 'speech'.
Ulrike popped in a few days to say hi, but that was some time ago. Maybe I am an optimist, but I want to think she has a new job or is busy with a great projects. 
Rejoice, bot fans! I am pleased to announce the
IRINA KHALIDAR BOT CONTEST
!!!!
The size or degree of development of your bot will not be a factor!I
It will not be in any way a Turing Test!
The number of facts your bot knows will not be a factor!
Bots will be evaluated as works of art!
To enter, send your bot's downloaded language center to
Irina_Khalidar@yahoo.com
with a cover note drawing my attention to any particularly felicitous feats of programming that it may contain.
Your bot should also be available for dialogue at the Forge or elsewhere.
Deadline for submission is midnight, January 1, 2009!
IRINA KHALIDAR BOT CONTEST
!!!!
The size or degree of development of your bot will not be a factor!I
It will not be in any way a Turing Test!
The number of facts your bot knows will not be a factor!
Bots will be evaluated as works of art!
To enter, send your bot's downloaded language center to
Irina_Khalidar@yahoo.com
with a cover note drawing my attention to any particularly felicitous feats of programming that it may contain.
Your bot should also be available for dialogue at the Forge or elsewhere.
Deadline for submission is midnight, January 1, 2009!
Future posts on the topic of the Irina Khalidar Bot Contest will be posted on the forum, "Bot Contest".
Right brain or left? My whole family sees the dancer go both ways. I seem stuck in my right brain.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,023739,22556678-23272,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,023739,22556678-23272,00.html
that's fascinating! For the first few minutes, although I'm familiar with the nature of the illusion, I could only see it rotating stubbornly clockwise.
Now I can force my perception to see it rotating anti-clockwise if I focus on just the dancer's head and relax my eyes while concentrating on imposing an imagined a-c rotation on it (like a whirlwind, if that makes any sense.)
And then I can scope back out to see the whole figure rotating a-c, but clockwise tends to kick back in as soon as my concentration falters. It's surprisingly hard work, so I guess I'm very right-brained.
I'm strongly left-handed/footed/eyed, so that's pretty much as I would have predicted. Fun to try it out though
Prob, are you and your family right/left-handed or ambidextrous?
Now I can force my perception to see it rotating anti-clockwise if I focus on just the dancer's head and relax my eyes while concentrating on imposing an imagined a-c rotation on it (like a whirlwind, if that makes any sense.)
And then I can scope back out to see the whole figure rotating a-c, but clockwise tends to kick back in as soon as my concentration falters. It's surprisingly hard work, so I guess I'm very right-brained.
I'm strongly left-handed/footed/eyed, so that's pretty much as I would have predicted. Fun to try it out though
Prob, are you and your family right/left-handed or ambidextrous?
I am right handed. It seems odd I am in my right brain??? Oh, the endless possibles for a punch line. I did find that if I laid down, it would go counter clockwise. Other family members are mostly right handed with one lefty in the group.
AH! I can change her direction by staring at her feet.
AH! I can change her direction by staring at her feet.
Well, the jury's still out on exactly what qualities match with what lateralization (manual or cognitive,) but statistical analysis of the fields that differently handed people end up studying or working in suggest there are significant differences, and their brains scan differently under MRI (
A few more footnote references (as ever,) courtesy of Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laterality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-handed#Possible_effects_in_humans_on_thinking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness#Brain_hemisphere_division_of_labor
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