Great interview :-) A few points of clarification --
- Hebrew (and all alphabet scripts that read right to left and don't use vowels) is actually protective against the left-hemisphere tilt of hyper-literacy, as it requires more meaning and context to understand (right hemisphere), whereas left to right scripts with vowels (like English) can be read phonetically without the meaning and context (the extreme example of this is hyperlexia). As well, belief in God (and spirituality in general) lateralizes to the right hemisphere. Music and comedy are also right hemisphere skills. So while it's true that many Jews (in particular secular Ashkenazi Jews who can't read and write in Hebrew) are very left hemisphere dominant, this isn't true of all Jewish people at all -- religious Jews would be more balanced. I suspect Germanic and Anglo peoples, in particular those from the more affluent classes, would have the great average left-hemisphere tilt. My (Jewish) husband has said that Jews "need" God more than other peoples (I believe this is in the Talmud?) to guide them toward being a force for good ...
- Left hemisphere dominance seems to be more likely in cultures / families where there are few physical threats (the right hemisphere scans for threats, is more the "prey" brain) and low nurture / high individualism (the right hemisphere is more responsible for processing our relationships to each other).
- I suspect that people with very strong left hemispheres are more likely to have the left hemisphere (the "emissary" in McGilchrist's metaphor) get a bit out of control and stop listening to the right hemisphere -- this doesn't necessarily mean there are RH deficits, just that the person in question needs to do more to balance themselves cognitively. In other words, people with very high verbal IQs could benefit from socializing more, going out in nature more, singing and music, prayer, exercise etc which are all more RH-dominant. The high verbal IQ often comes with a runaway inner monologue (this is a problem I have, and my verbal IQ isn't that exceptional) and it's healthy to try to silence it ... but difficult for a lot of us.
That picture at the bottom, though 😅
(I know exactly the context behind it. We will make sure to properly deal with the person who made that accusation toward Sai.)
Great interview :-) A few points of clarification --
- Hebrew (and all alphabet scripts that read right to left and don't use vowels) is actually protective against the left-hemisphere tilt of hyper-literacy, as it requires more meaning and context to understand (right hemisphere), whereas left to right scripts with vowels (like English) can be read phonetically without the meaning and context (the extreme example of this is hyperlexia). As well, belief in God (and spirituality in general) lateralizes to the right hemisphere. Music and comedy are also right hemisphere skills. So while it's true that many Jews (in particular secular Ashkenazi Jews who can't read and write in Hebrew) are very left hemisphere dominant, this isn't true of all Jewish people at all -- religious Jews would be more balanced. I suspect Germanic and Anglo peoples, in particular those from the more affluent classes, would have the great average left-hemisphere tilt. My (Jewish) husband has said that Jews "need" God more than other peoples (I believe this is in the Talmud?) to guide them toward being a force for good ...
- Left hemisphere dominance seems to be more likely in cultures / families where there are few physical threats (the right hemisphere scans for threats, is more the "prey" brain) and low nurture / high individualism (the right hemisphere is more responsible for processing our relationships to each other).
- I suspect that people with very strong left hemispheres are more likely to have the left hemisphere (the "emissary" in McGilchrist's metaphor) get a bit out of control and stop listening to the right hemisphere -- this doesn't necessarily mean there are RH deficits, just that the person in question needs to do more to balance themselves cognitively. In other words, people with very high verbal IQs could benefit from socializing more, going out in nature more, singing and music, prayer, exercise etc which are all more RH-dominant. The high verbal IQ often comes with a runaway inner monologue (this is a problem I have, and my verbal IQ isn't that exceptional) and it's healthy to try to silence it ... but difficult for a lot of us.
>Sai keeps getting in trouble because Walt antagonizes her anti-Walt friends in Notes by theatrically talking like a supervillain
lol
The things we do for our friends..
Intro is good, chill and racist