The "Humanities or Science/Maths" people; Right/Left Brained

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<p>My god, I have yet to not run into a person who says "Oh, I have loved math since i was 5 yrs old zomg!!! I study calculus now", or "I'm a natural poet; Shakespeare sux IMO". </p>

<p>It seems that, either way, everyone is some sort of "humanities-oriented" or "maths/sciences-oriented" either by birth or when they were young. It's not to say that you're limited to a particular area, but like 99% of the people fall majorly into one of the two categories...</p>

<p>I'm probably the only one that's perfectly apathetic to both areas, and as far as I know, am approximately equal between the two areas in aptitude, interest, skill...everything. </p>

<p>Of course, many (esp. on this site) are good at the other side to a certain level, but still most are wayyy better in one area than the other in relative context.</p>

<p>Anyone else like me? I have yet to find one... just makes me wonder if this is the way your brain works...or because I have yet to take many courses.</p>

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<p>So the next part in combination to this, somewhat related, is the right/left brain kinda thing...where left brain dominant is more analytical-ish, right brain more philosophical (very limited definition, a google search will just do). Which side is more dominant for you?</p>

<p>A simple google search leads to a couple tests, but for those lazy I just put sample test links(there's always better ones) :
Right</a> Brain vs Left Brain Creativity Test at The Art Institute of Vancouver
Hemispheric</a> Dominance Test determine if your left or right brain hemisphere is dominant
<a href="http://similarminds.com/cgi-bin/brain.pl%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://similarminds.com/cgi-bin/brain.pl&lt;/a>
[url=<a href="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html%5DRight"&gt;http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html]Right&lt;/a> Brain v Left Brain | Herald Sun<a href="%5BB%5D%5BI%5D%5BU%5DEven%20if%20lazy,%20do%20not%20skip%20this%20link,%20it%20takes%20the%20shortest%20amount%20of%20time;%20literally%20takes%20a%20couple%20seconds%20and%20it's%20pretty%20interesting..I%20have%20found%20that%20I%20can%20control%20the%20way%20it%20spins,%20which%20may%20indicate%20why%20I'm%20indifferent%20to%20both%20areas..%5B/U%5D%5B/I%5D%5B/B%5D">/url</a></p>

<p>I'm, as I figured, relatively even...between right-left brained. </p>

<p>A pretty long post. Good day. Oh and yes, these links/topic are old. No need to say it.</p>

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<p>that was interesting. 55% left, 45% right. it annoyed me how the answer choices didn't fit the questions though haha</p>

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<p>I'm somewhat the same. I think of myself as a balance of both. I'm definitely not hugely oriented towards one or the other - I enjoy both and I'd say I'm decent at them. </p>

<p>Took the first link test and got 58% left vs 42% right.</p>

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<p>That dancer is most definitely turning clockwise; I can't even begin to see how it would be turning counter-clockwise.</p>

<p>The other links all pointed to me definitely being right-brained, which I've always known. I am not left-brained at all, not in the slightest.</p>

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<p>What about that last link? the dancer one? Counterclockwise or Clockwise? Make sure to at least try to stay for a minute or something, see if you can make it change or something...haha.</p>

<p>EDIT: It's usually counterclockwise, but I can make it clockwise with concentration.</p>

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<p>I've always considered myself to be about equal left/right brained, perhaps slightly more left. The spinning woman thing has always baffled me, but I can change directions pretty easily. I see it clockwise first. Odd.</p>

<p>54% left, 46% right</p>

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<p>I'm 54% left-brained and 46% right-brained too. It doesn't surprise me though... I love writing and being creative and have even considered becoming a writer or something in that line of work. But I'm also highly critical and I'm good in both sciences and humanities.</p>

<p>You're not the only one :)</p>

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You're not the only one

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I expected this type of response, so I explicitly said that "most of you are good in both areas." I'd expect a math/science kid on here to be pro at english, and the vice versa as well, but what I was really getting at was both of just about the equal aptitude, passion, skill, and virtually everything... while the science kid may get a 800 on the verbal/writing SAT, no doubt that his passion in science is wayy greater and much more intellectually refined. Conversely, one interested in politics/linguistics may be real good at math but the former will exceed.</p>

<p>Skill level is irrelevant in this case; whether you get all F's or all A's or you suck or you're good isn't the matter here; it's whether either area is just about equal in terms of virtually every criteria, which I find really rare...</p>

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<p>I'm 52% right brained and 48% left, and I can switch the dancer pretty easily, although I see anti-clockwise first. I love both math/science and humanities and am good at all, so that often causes problems for my schedule :(</p>

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<p>I've stared at it for five minutes and can't see how she's not spinning clockwise (viewing from top-down). Then again, I can't do those magic eye things, so I'm a poor test subject.</p>

<p>Also, is it just me, or are there some pretty big nipples going on there?</p>

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<p>67% left brain, 33% right brain. Not surpised at all: I'm a very analytical, meticulous person who sucks at art, music, and dance. Interestingly, I can ONLY see the dancer moving clockwise (right-brain characteristic).</p>

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<p>First Link: Wow, it says I'm 50% left, 51% right. lol, how does that work. I always thought I was left-brained...and I still do. Passion and interest wise...I think I'm about the same for both...skill wise I still think I'm better in math than in English. </p>

<p>Last Link: Saw it going counterclockwise at first...then concentrated a little and saw it going clockwise. That's a really cool trick.</p>

<p>Edit: to flip the spinning person...look at the shadow of the foot at the bottom...I find it easy to go from counterclockwise to clockwise and back again.</p>

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<p>Dancer clockwise.. therefore right brained? WRONG WRONG WRONG</p>

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<p>The first one said I was 56% right and 44% left. </p>

<p>I'm 63% nonverbal... Figures.. I was always that kid in English class that would try to use his hands to explain what he was thinking out of frustration. I'm a good actor/liar too! And oddly enough, I'm considering either linguistics or international relations (politics) as a major (as Invoyable said). But, I was never a fan of reading or writing. :| I was math kid!</p>

<p>And I see the dancer dancing clock-wise. Only after hannah2010's tip did I get her to change, but then I couldn't change her back. When I refreshed, she was clock-wise again.</p>

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<p>haha according to the first link I'm 50% left, 51% right</p>

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<p>Focus really closely on the dancer's foot, and just concentrate for a few seconds. Before you even realize it, you'll see it going the other way.</p>

<p>Strangely enough, I got 53% right-brained and 47% left-brained. I thought I'd err more on the scientific side, but it's pretty close either way.</p>

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<p>I excel at both and am usually divided right down the middle on those right/left brain tests. I am interested both, with a strong interest in philosophy (commonly assigned to the humanities) and in science/math (although technically they're both epistemologies [empiricism and rationalism] and so fit under the philosophy category).</p>

<p>It's an odd distinction that you make, though. Science is drastically different in its approaches from math, and I find it peculiar that you lop them together. "Humanities" seems like a mishmash of various branches that have few common strings, and so nearly everything falls under its umbrella. I don't think the dichotomy is coherent, but whatever.</p>

<p>Oh, and I can switch the dancer at will :)</p>

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<p>54% left, 46% right, according to the first link.</p>

<p>Makes sense. I love math and science, but I like writing and I read all the time.</p>

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<p>First link: 61 Left Brain, 39 Right Brain...not surprising!</p>

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<p>44% left, 56% right. I honestly thought I'd be a bit more right-brained.
Incidentally, it says my least-defining characteristic is logic. Oh, well.</p>

<p>With the dancer test, I tried it out with my dad, and it was so freaky how it changed at different times for both of us. He wouldn't believe it. He thought it was a preset animation change. It rarely changes for me, though.</p>

<p>Wow. The second one with hemisphere dominance gives me 100% left-brained. Yeah....</p>