May 28, 2026 · 29 min · 10 segments
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One of the things that's true about language, and especially about speech, is that it's sequential.
I'm pretty sure my, my son could when he was really young, but, but, but any case, we-
But if you have pictures of those six words, let's say they're six animals, and you present a picture, you can see all six at the same time.
And there are certain kinds of visual spatial skills that can be done more in parallel, and other kinds of skills and tasks which require more sequential activity.
And of course, real human creativity, I think, requires both, and, uh, this is why we have this massive fiber bundle that connects the two hemispheres together so that they can work in an integrated way.
And so I think it's really an oversimplification to think that the right hemisphere is creative and the left is not.
I think, you know, every human being has the potential to be creative, and I think that, um, when humans are the most creative, we're harnessing the full capabilities of our brain.
One of the things that's true about language, and especially about speech, is that it's sequential.
I'm pretty sure my, my son could when he was really young, but, but, but any case, we-
But if you have pictures of those six words, let's say they're six animals, and you present a picture, you can see all six at the same time.
And there are certain kinds of visual spatial skills that can be done more in parallel, and other kinds of skills and tasks which require more sequential activity.
And of course, real human creativity, I think, requires both, and, uh, this is why we have this massive fiber bundle that connects the two hemispheres together so that they can work in an integrated way.
And so I think it's really an oversimplification to think that the right hemisphere is creative and the left is not.
I think, you know, every human being has the potential to be creative, and I think that, um, when humans are the most creative, we're harnessing the full capabilities of our brain.
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