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What's the most basic thing you can't do? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This is wild and I genuinely can't wrap my head around it.

So say, if you were blindfolded and run, if I give you command a la those rally drivers you will have a noticeable lag to my cue ? Like not instant ?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean, it's a split second, but yeah, I gotta think about it. I don't think there would be noticeable lag, but it's definitely a conscious thought. I just thought everyone had to have the thought go through their head, it's not just like an instinct or anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I guess the brain is just weird like that. This is also news to me, I thought "doesn't know left from right" is just a figure of speech.

And now I'm down into the rabbit hole.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230112-why-some-people-cant-tell-left-from-right

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Now that you mention it, it's odd that some people (like myself) have to think about it. Like I wouldn't have to hardly think about what you meant if you said "up" or "down."

Think of it like telling someone the directions like "twelve o'clock" versus "six o'clock" or "three o'clock" - you probably have to take a tic (heh) to picture it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the BBC article I posted above also mentions that.

At first I thought it would be like if someone told me to touch my nose and I have to consider which part of my face it is, because for me my body is split in the middle the left and right feel distinctly different I can't confuse one with the other. Fascinating.

Are you ambidextrous by any chance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I keep trying, but no, not ambidextrous