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Article #976Re: Handedness
From: Thant Tessman
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1989 18:52
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1989 18:52
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In article <1256@mmm.UUCP>, cipher@mmm.UUCP (Andre Guirard) writes: > 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. An interesting book is "The Origin of Consciousness Through the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind." Even if its main premise stretches things a bit, it does make the point that left versus right is much more "built in" than one would guess. thant@sgi.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!sgi!thant@horus.SGI.COM From: thant@horus.SGI.COM (Thant Tessman) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng Subject: Re: Handedness Summary: left/right is not abstract Message-ID: <31323@sgi.SGI.COM> Date: 25 Apr 89 18:52:27 GMT References: <0ejKI2d3Uw1010VXzqU@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <1256@mmm.UUCP> Sender: daemon@sgi.SGI.COM Distribution: na Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 12