Think about this Right/left brained thing. I only see clockwise motion, and I am the "poster-person" for the right-brained set...spacy, optimistic, thinks overview instead of details, etc. Those like Don and Dave are safely in the middle, with good attention to detail, but still in the sensible creative side. They are in the most versatile, well-adjusted group, with successes in fields requiring either linear or abstract thinking ability. Engineer types only see counter-clockwise activity and think in a linear fashion. Left brainers just can't think abstractly and usually don't get along with or understand abstract philosophers. musicians, advertising creative directors, etc. Extreme right brainers are the most creative and crazy of the lot (think of the most creative scientists, musicians, writers, etc.).

Not sure of the origin of the graphic, but right/left brain theory is a valid, interesting scientific field, used in organizational management to define the problems between, say, a sales force or marketing department and the plant manager, accounting or engineering department.

Knowing that right brainers process information like and prefer Macs, whereas left-brainers think like PC's helps manage different types of people.

Some differences between folks here can even be explained by differences in how we process an apply information.

Chas, you always surprise me in how similar we think. Your awareness and understanding of "right/left" brain issues (an area of concentration in my academic career) is a good example.


"righty" Russ