From: John Tserkezis 
Reply-To: Fidonet AVtech Echo 

Bob Lawrence wrote:

>  So... and here comes what I consider to be crazy... the professor
> concluded that those people hooked up to the right brain were made
> pessimistic.
> 
>  Is she kidding?
> 
>  She has two known facts:
> 
> 1.  People are not like marmosets and birds - we are not hard-wired.
> 2.  Those with active left-brain are optimists.
> 
>  Conclusion... we are hard wired.
> 
>  To me, the only sensible conclusion form those two facts is that
> people who are optimistic use their left brain. It's not the brain
> that makes us optimistic. We are not monkeys. I am not an animal!
> Even if I look like an elephant.

  I'm right handed, which makes me left-brained.  I am pretty much the most 
pessimistic and cynical person I know.  Does that mean my brain gets used evenly?

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