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Bravo! Steve. As a person who is prone to seeing multiple sides to every situation and or argument, I find this very interesting in deed. Wasn't there an old saying about left handed people being in their right mind?

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Yes indeed - according to IM's hypothesis the right hemisphere controls the left hand & vice versa for the right hand. I find the whole thing fascinating & as with your quote folklore from many cultures reflects it. There is a wonderful tale that McGilchrist recounts from I forget which Native American tribe about 2 brothers whose actions represent both hemispheres which was obviously based on an intuition by the author or more likely the original oral storyteller.

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/iain-mcgilchrist-great-new-book-the-matter-with-things/

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