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The Divided Brain and the Search for Meaning
- There are most definitely differences across the two brain hemispheres; they just aren’t as simplistic as the examples first mentioned. Generally speaking, the difference isn’t on “what” is done, but “how” is done. The left hemisphere deals with units, the right with aggregates. The left hemisphere is focused, and engaged with a goal in mind. The r... See more
from The Best Book I Ever Read: The Master and His Emissary
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one hemisphere's idea of truth is likely to be more fruitful than the other's. As we have seen in Part I, the aspect of reality revealed by the left hemisphere must be contextualised by being taken up into the broader, and deeper, overarching vision available to the right hemisphere; alas, when the left hemisphere takes the lead, it leads us astray
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