Re: Handedness

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From: Andre Guirard
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1989 20:51

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In article <338@lloyd.camex.uucp>, kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) writes:
> did humans have any need for the abstract concepts of left and right?

I'm not at all convinced that the concept of left and right is very abstract.

This suggests an interesting experiment... using various animals,
test to see which ones can be trained to distinguish between left
and right.  If a dog can understand the concept, it's probably not too
abstract.
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Subject: Re: Handedness
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