http://bennettcarnahan.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/in-which-i-wonder-why-right-then-left/ Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:26:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://bennettcarnahan.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/in-which-i-wonder-why-right-then-left/#comment-36 bennettcarnahan Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:33:05 +0000 http://bennettcarnahan.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/in-which-i-wonder-why-right-then-left/#comment-36 to my knowledge constable was always very conservative (usually the textbook contrast to jacques louis david's neoclassical, radical republican propaganda). i was thinking the change might have had something to do with his wife's death, but there was no plausible twisting of the evidence to be had for that particular <i>post hoc</i>. he also had some financial trouble around that time, but that's not all that exciting. incidentally, i seem to remember reading an article a while back that says that when people look right (in a conversation) they are <i>creating</i>, whereas when they look left they are <i>remembering</i>. could probably come up with an entire erroneous theory based on that... to my knowledge constable was always very conservative (usually the textbook contrast to jacques louis david’s neoclassical, radical republican propaganda).
i was thinking the change might have had something to do with his wife’s death, but there was no plausible twisting of the evidence to be had for that particular post hoc. he also had some financial trouble around that time, but that’s not all that exciting.
incidentally, i seem to remember reading an article a while back that says that when people look right (in a conversation) they are creating, whereas when they look left they are remembering. could probably come up with an entire erroneous theory based on that…

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