Anderton Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 A friend sent this to me: "This is one of the strangest things I have ever encountered. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. "Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction and there's nothing you can do about it." So I tried it, and...yup, it changed direction. It took a lot of practice but I was finally able to keep my foot going clockwise. Weird. Did the same thing happen to you?!? Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpine Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Too wierd... Took a while to beat it. www.relayerstudios.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Yep... So much for our incredible organic CPU! It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 8 Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 It took me three or four trys. But then again, I'm a drummer. I need my independence... Super 8 Hear my stuff here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 I don't know, I didn't have too much of a problem. There WAS a bit of a hitch but it kept going in the clockwise direction. Maybe I'm weird... Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowly Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Me too, I'm one of those weird people that can rotate one hand forward and the other backwards at the same time, but ask me to play an melody and the bass line on keys and I'm lost! I think that's called "useless dog tricks". Kcbass "Let It Be!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylen Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Yeah - I need an update too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antimatter Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Originally posted by Kcbass: Me too, I'm one of those weird people that can rotate one hand forward and the other backwards at the same time, but ask me to play an melody and the bass line on keys and I'm lost! I think that's called "useless dog tricks". KcbassMy boss just demonstrated that he could do this trick yesterday. Now you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourMotherShouldKnow Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 I can't do it all! that kinda thing can drive a man to the nuthouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 I couldn't do it without a LOT of thought. Like pretty much everyone else, I initially found my foot changing direction. Here's a question for you - draw a letter "O" in the air or on paper. Do you draw it clockwise or counterclockwise? Now the question - are you right or left handed? I have a theory about that, but I'll save it until a few people try it and report back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHAN Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Originally posted by Philip O'Keefe: Here's a question for you - draw a letter "O" in the air or on paper. Do you draw it clockwise or counterclockwise? Now the question - are you right or left handed?)CouNtErcLoCkWIzE LeFt hAnDed So Many Drummers. So Little Time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Klopmeyer Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Right-handed, counter-clockwise. And I too took a short while before i could control the foot from swinging the other way. Fun stuff. Note that you have no problem keeping the foot going clockwise when you do the "6" with the left (opposite0 hand. Hmmm. - Jeff Marketing Communications for MI/Pro Audio My solo music and stuff They Stole My Crayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahkter Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Same thing definitely happened to me, that's wild....very simple and very bizarre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Originally posted by Jeff Da Weasel: Right-handed, counter-clockwise. Me too. I can do the foot thing OK but I need to concentrate. "That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." - Banky Edwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted April 23, 2004 Author Share Posted April 23, 2004 < Counterclockwise. < Neither, I'm monodextrous. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbayson Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 I had no problem whatsoever. Strange. I saw a documentary about brain damage when I was a kid. One of the scenes from the movie stuck with me. These experimenters had a patient with a severed corpus callosum, which is the bundle of nerves that connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain. He had no connection, so effectively he had two brains that could not communicate with each other. To demonstrate this, they had him close one eye and look at a picture of a house. They asked him what he was looking at. He said he had no idea. Then, they asked him to write down with his left hand what he was looking at. He wrote down, "house." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Clockwise and Right Handed (the foot thing took 3 tries...that's tough) Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrix Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Counterclockwise- right handed. I could overcome the foot reversal thing only with intense concentration. Gods software needs a patch. One question - so what? Check out some tunes here: http://www.garageband.com/artist/KenFava Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Klopmeyer Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Originally posted by eljefe: I saw a documentary about brain damage when I was a kid. One of the scenes from the movie stuck with me.I saw that same thing, when I was a college student who was a psychology major before switching over to music. They only sever the corpus collosum as a possible solution to severe epilepsy. It's really weird, when you think about the mechanical nature of the brain. We're just really well-designed robots, if you think about these things closely. - Jeff Marketing Communications for MI/Pro Audio My solo music and stuff They Stole My Crayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowly Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Originally posted by Philip O'Keefe: I couldn't do it without a LOT of thought. Like pretty much everyone else, I initially found my foot changing direction. Here's a question for you - draw a letter "O" in the air or on paper. Do you draw it clockwise or counterclockwise? Now the question - are you right or left handed? I have a theory about that, but I'll save it until a few people try it and report back. Counter, but I only do delicate things left handed, like writing. For power I'm right-handed. Kcbass "Let It Be!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 The foot and hand thing: With right foot/hand, it took me several tries. With left foot/hand, got it the first time with no trouble. Regarding the "o" - counterclockwise, left-handed (although, being mostly ambidexterous, I can write with my right hand - that's also counterclockwise). May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Originally posted by NMcGuitar: The foot and hand thing: With right foot/hand, it took me several tries. With left foot/hand, got it the first time with no trouble. Me too, except the opposite, can't do it with the left appendages at all (I'm right-handed). Wonder if I'd be able to drive a manual shift car in England? Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clear4foru Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Clockwise left handed Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve LeBlanc Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 yeah I had to practice for a bit before I could keep it going clockwise...trippy http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve LeBlanc Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 oh and counterclockwise-right handed http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Couldn't do it. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dementia13 Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 So my wife and I were watching this show about the psychology of serial killers, and they talked about a similar exercise which none of the serial killers in this institution could do. I frightened my wife by being totally unable to do that exercise. (The difference is, they would become very frustrated and agitated over it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymar Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Had a much easier time drawing a 6 with my right foot and drawing an O with my right hand. You shouldn't chase after the past or pin your hopes on the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Right handed, clockwise. That's a very difficult thing to do. It just makes me laugh trying. -David http://www.garageband.com/artist/MichaelangelosMuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Originally posted by Jeff Da Weasel: It's really weird, when you think about the mechanical nature of the brain. We're just really well-designed robots, if you think about these things closely. Maybe. Sometimes I wonder whether the physical brain is really what determines how much we can know and how we process it... or whether it's more like a filter that LIMITS those things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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