Cenderung Kiri

Sekalem-kalemnya dia, tak urung kalo nonton di LFM ya ikut gedubrakan juga. Entah apakah ini karena peer pressure, ataukah memang dia punya keseimbangan otak yang prima. Dari catatan yang kupunya, ada sih teori tentang hebatnya orang yang miliki keseimbangan otak-kanan dan otak-kiri:

The well-known neurocientist P.D. McLean explains that the brain is a triune structure composed of three distinct biological computers, each having its own unique intelligence, sense of time and space, memory, and motor functions. These three parts are called the reptilian complex, the limbic system, and the neocortex.

The neocortex is divided into two interconnected hemispheres with complementary functions. The left hemisphere is analytical, breaking things down into separate parts in order to understand the whole, while the right hemisphere is systemic, grasping the whole system at once and making sense of the parts within this overall context.

The left brain is that of the thinker who relies on logic for the development of concepts. His mode of perception and activity is complex because he needs to analyze hypotheses in depth, testing out each step of his thinking. As a result, he is well suited to scientific undertakings.

The right brain is the mind of the artist. It rules the intuition, which presides over all forms of creation. It works through analogy and symbolism and can establish resemblances between objects that are essentially different in nature.

To live a well-balanced life we need to make full use of both sides of the brain.

Trus, kira-kira kalo perkara rasa tertarik, rindu, jatuh cinta, masuknya kategori otak sebelah mana ya? Dari yang kuamati, aku sih takutnya bagi dia sepertinya segala persoalan selalu di-handle oleh otak-kiri. Mungkin gak sih?

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Darwin Tak Bilang Begitu

Enaknya kuliah biologi, karena bisa lebih dekat kenali dan cintai ragam hayati di bumi pertiwi. Enaknya buatku, karena bisa lebih dekat dengannya. Bisa lebih mengenalnya. Meskipun, oh betapa sulit untuk menerka apakah bakal mampu memenangkan cintanya.  Sosoknya yang pendiam tidak membuatku jatuh cinta pada pandangan pertama. Hanyalah manakala dia telah memulai bertukarkata, alamak aku suka diam-diam terkagum pada kedalaman analisanya. Maka pernah sebelum janjian ngobrol berdua, demi agar nanti aku tak terbata-bata,  serius kusiapkan contekan dari sebuah buku “The Ecology of Commerce”:

Business often invokes the Darwinian maxim of “survival of the fittest” to defend its competitive actions. The phrases is, in fact, a misinterpretation of Darwinism. Darwin did not speak of survival of the fittest; rather, he described those who survived as fittest for a specific ecological niche. There is a big difference between those two ideas.

Anehnya, begitu duduk berhadapan dengannya di yoghurt Columbia yang dekat pengkolan Ganesha, kok aku disesaki minder untuk memulai diskusi tentang topik ini. Yang pasti, yoghurt strawberry yang kupesan, meski tak kububuhi gula, rasanya kok bertambah manis. Entah kenapa. Mungkin karena tatapannya?

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