Still on the idea of maps and reality, Eric's comment inspired me to pull out two graphical representations of the human foot, one from the West and one from the East. Which diagram is more real?
West
East
Interesting isn't it, that the diagrams reinforce what Richard Nisbett writes in The Geography of Thought, that Westerners are interested in dissection and detail, while Asians are interested in how things are related to one another?
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Anatomy: East and West
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check out motor homunculus in the brain cortex...
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