Robert Balousek » Time Wasted http://robert.balousek.net Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:21:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Dear Herald Sun, Thanks For Wasting My Time http://robert.balousek.net/2007/10/12/dear-herald-sun-thanks-for-wasting-my-time/ http://robert.balousek.net/2007/10/12/dear-herald-sun-thanks-for-wasting-my-time/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:39:28 +0000 Robert http://robert.balousek.net/?p=4

Spinning WomanToday I was directed to a news story entitled Right Brain v Left Brain, which asks you to look at the image to the right and determine if you believe the silhouette of the woman is spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise. Depending on how you respond it supposedly determines if you are left or right brained. Personally, I always saw her spinning clockwise, but then someone told me to stare at the shadow for a bit and wait until it appears like it started turning the other way. This appeared to trick my brain into seeing it turn counter-clockwise.

By this definition that makes me right-brained, but the qualities described below don’t seem to describe me at all (it doesn’t have “sexy” on there). So what does this all mean? It means that because of this slow news day and various people sending me this link, my time has been wasted. Obviously the next logical step was to waste more time by writing a blog post (my first) about this.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
Counter-Clockwise		 RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
Clockwise
  • uses logic
  • detail oriented
  • facts rule
  • words and language
  • present and past
  • math and science
  • can comprehend
  • knowing
  • acknowledges
  • order/pattern perception
  • knows object name
  • reality based
  • forms strategies
  • practical
  • safe
  • uses feeling
  • “big picture” oriented
  • imagination rules
  • symbols and images
  • present and future
  • philosophy & religion
  • can “get it” (i.e. meaning)
  • believes
  • appreciates
  • spatial perception
  • knows object function
  • fantasy based
  • presents possibilities
  • impetuous
  • risk taking
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