More Evidence For Brain Lateralisation, WOOOP!
OK, so not the most sexy blog title in the world. In fact, it was so dire, I added in the sound slang simply to try and curry favour with you, and to express my nerdish pleasure at the topic. I’ve always believed that the fact our brains are split in two tells us something profound about our world. There’s the rhythmic right and the logical left. This is a standard...
Read MoreRight Brain Content, Right Brain Methods
Last Satuday (5 Dec) I delivered a course called Right-Brain Rising: How to Harness All Your Mind at Queen’s University, Belfast. This was the blurb. One-half of our brain deals with logic, facts and argument. Traditional education encourages that, and traditional jobs use it. Now the rules have changed. The age of ‘left-brain’ dominance has gone. New abilities are required...
Read MoreThe One Game
Do you remember a short drama series in the 80s called The One Game? The plot centred on a battle of wits between an arrogant businessman and a eccentric games developer within a ‘reality game’ named after the title of the show. I loved it and had a chance to watch it again recently. Like all quality entertainment, it has aged very well. It got me thinking about other attempts to...
Read MoreSlumdog Success
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video So the other day I got the chance to see the film that won those eight Oscars – Slumdog Millionaire. Here’s how the Internet Movie Database describes the plot. “A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” He is arrested...
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