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Even
so, Wentzel says there are also indications in this same line
that he might have " had misgivings as to how he would be
seen…by his peers." Even to Einstein, intuition may
have been difficult to rationalize in a left-brained world.
Every
one of us has a capacity for both logical and intuitive properties
of mental activity; every set of hands has something to say about
those properties. In hand analysis, the issue of balance between
left and right brain comes up frequently. I recently had the privilege
of having three "hard" scientists open their hands to
me; two were gifted in the area of intuition, one was primarily
logical. The two who were so intuitive showed a reluctance to
disclose the spontaneous nature of their insights in their work
environments, but admitted to a good deal of success in their
fields of biochemistry and free radical biology. The third, a
mathematician, staunchly resisted any notion of intuition, yet
confided doubts about continuing in that career or finding another
to replace it. Although the hands spoke loudly of a need to reach
into the feeling and intuitive sides of things, the mathematician
went away denying any validity to my observations.
Balance
between rational and holistic thinking is resisted also by those
who happen to be swept away by the current popularity of "The
Intuitive." As the pendulum swings, so does our culture.
Rejecting the value of logic is as unbalanced as denouncing intuition.
Yet this may be a good sign, that society is headed in a direction
that will finally acknowledge both sides.
This
brings to mind another quote attributed to Einstein. "Something's
moving!" he said, thoughtfully.
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