why are most people right handed?

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DJSfurry

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im 17 and im left handed. i dont know anyone on my dads side whos left handed but on my mums side her dad is right handed, but her brother is left handed. her sister has 3 kids, 2 boys and one girl, and both the boys are left handed but the girl is right handed. it seems to be that only the guys on that side of the family are left handed. quite interesting!
 

BrokenVisage

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Originally posted by: neonerd
a lot of people are born left handed....but most are tought to be righty (before it's noticable whether they're righty or lefty). Right handed people live longer. Being lefty, and always using your left hand, puts more strain on your heart, causing your heart to die earlier than if you're righty.

Wow.. *my head esplodes*

 

Lenine

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IQ results in right-handed test subjects have demonstrated an even distribution throughout a given population, whilst left-handed test subjects cluster at the extreme ends of the intelligence scale.

So if you're a lefty and not retarded, you're a genius!
 

Jimmah

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Originally posted by: markgm

They must do studies on everything. How many people are left handed and prefer deep dish pizza?


Moi!

"Handedness runs in families, although even when both parents are left-handed, there is only a 26%"

Damn, me and my dad are lefties but my mum is a righty, and my brother is one of those weird ambidextrous fvckers, does everything equally as well, its right creepy.

I only do hard and potentially damaging work with my right, and precision work with the left, anyone else do things like this?
 
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Originally posted by: Lenine
IQ results in right-handed test subjects have demonstrated an even distribution throughout a given population, whilst left-handed test subjects cluster at the extreme ends of the intelligence scale.

So if you're a lefty and not retarded, you're a genius!

and by the same token, if you are left handed and havent shown some kind of protegical talent then you know what that means.