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Edenthiel
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29 Sep 2015, 5:39 pm

The "left handed = sinister" meme has been fairly demolished in the last ten years. Statistically it just isn't true.

Easy read pop-media summary (that actually includes references either to the studies themselves or at least names the researchers & years):
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/ ... le-smarter


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29 Sep 2015, 6:10 pm

lostonearth35 wrote:
I'm left-handed and it is horrifying to believe someone would actually still be idiotic enough to do that to a left-handed kid. But this happened in the "Bible Belt Buckle" of the United States, so maybe it's not so surprising. I went to a religious school when I was a kid and never got treated badly for being left-handed. I even had a leftie desk. 'Mericans. :roll:

you are so lucky to live in a kinder gentler place.