> >
> > > I thought that was what the purpose of the two hemispheres is? Of
> > > course, it would be architecturally smarter to have them in separate
> > > parts of the body...
> > >
> > Well.....I suppose some people only use half......
>
> Ha ha. Since its well documented that some people survive quite well
> with massive brain damage/removal to one hemisphere.
>
I think the jury is still out on this one. Certainly people can sometimes
survive such catastrophes but the question is whether they thrive. I can
survive the damage/removal of a leg, this doesn't make it a spare. For some
discussion of some of these issues see
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/cgi/psyc/newpsy?10.002
Regards, both sides of Mark's brain.
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