> 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.

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

 That was the point. Marmosets are left- and right-handed hard-wired
to the opposite hemisphere of their brain, but humans are not. To test
what side of the brain dominated, it was necessary to use an
electro-encephalograph. Left and right-hand didn't work with humans, a
fact the nice lady scientist immediately ignored!

Regards,
Bob

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