One in ten
No, it's not what you think.
Apparently, every tenth human being is left-handed, according to a story in Pravda, that bastion of journalistic excellence. Left-handers' IQs are higher than those of their right-handed neighbors. Also, the article claims that people who can boast of "extraordinary abilities" (meaning ESP, remote viewing, etc.) are left-handed, too.
The article claims that a left-handed human race will change the world for the beter—humanity will become "more intellectual and extrasensorial." We might end up more intellectual, but the extrasensorial bit is complete crap unless you can demonstrate it empirically under controlled laboratory conditions. Just thought I'd throw that in.
There's some rambling about handedness being determined in the womb via the right half of the brain taking advantage of the left one. Suffice to say that if you don't commit to one hand or the other, you end up incomplete. My interpretation is that if one side doesn't dominate completely, you end up ambidextrous, or at least possibly extremely confused. My sister's left-handed, but she throws and golfs like a right-hander. It's interesting to watch, but not as much fun as watching her write...
Because it's a Russian newspaper, the article profiles President Putin. He's a "right-left-hander." Although ostensibly he's right-handed, he wears his watch on his right wrist. Also—and this is supposedly significant—he "often uses his left hand to take notes out of his right pocket." Gosh, if that isn't hard evidence, I don't know what is.
Lefties have "remarkable abilities to perceive sounds and intonations absolutely clearly and distinguish super-fine color shades." They also have "picturesque memory." I have no idea what that means, but it sounds cool.
The best part, though, is the list of left-handed luminaries: Leonardo da Vinci, Leo Tolstoy, Charlie Chaplin, and, of course, Nicole Kidman.
If you're left-handed, let me in on your secret. I can always use more picturesque memory.
Apparently, every tenth human being is left-handed, according to a story in Pravda, that bastion of journalistic excellence. Left-handers' IQs are higher than those of their right-handed neighbors. Also, the article claims that people who can boast of "extraordinary abilities" (meaning ESP, remote viewing, etc.) are left-handed, too.
The article claims that a left-handed human race will change the world for the beter—humanity will become "more intellectual and extrasensorial." We might end up more intellectual, but the extrasensorial bit is complete crap unless you can demonstrate it empirically under controlled laboratory conditions. Just thought I'd throw that in.
There's some rambling about handedness being determined in the womb via the right half of the brain taking advantage of the left one. Suffice to say that if you don't commit to one hand or the other, you end up incomplete. My interpretation is that if one side doesn't dominate completely, you end up ambidextrous, or at least possibly extremely confused. My sister's left-handed, but she throws and golfs like a right-hander. It's interesting to watch, but not as much fun as watching her write...
Because it's a Russian newspaper, the article profiles President Putin. He's a "right-left-hander." Although ostensibly he's right-handed, he wears his watch on his right wrist. Also—and this is supposedly significant—he "often uses his left hand to take notes out of his right pocket." Gosh, if that isn't hard evidence, I don't know what is.
Lefties have "remarkable abilities to perceive sounds and intonations absolutely clearly and distinguish super-fine color shades." They also have "picturesque memory." I have no idea what that means, but it sounds cool.
The best part, though, is the list of left-handed luminaries: Leonardo da Vinci, Leo Tolstoy, Charlie Chaplin, and, of course, Nicole Kidman.
If you're left-handed, let me in on your secret. I can always use more picturesque memory.
posted by Sasquatch at
6:01 PM
3 Comments:
Pravda went from being a rag of the party to just a rag. Every once in a while I visit the Pravda website and I'm horrified by what a total piece of crap it is. I suppose it shouldn't surprise me since it was just a different piece of crap under the Soviet regime, but...
Over the past few years, Pravda has started to resemble a sleazier version of the Weekly World News. Except, in this Russian version, most articles appear to be written by Ed Anger. I believe they ate their editor and fact checker ages ago.
If Putin uses his left hand to sign someone's secret death warrant, does it feel like someone else did it?
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Merujo, at 7/08/2005 1:44 AM
Would that mean that Edvard гнев would get болванка-biting or крица-biting mad?
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Sasquatch, at 7/09/2005 12:35 AM
We think in pictures, not words. Most of the time.
You left Jack the Ripper off your list of famous lefties, by the way.
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Anonymous, at 7/13/2005 8:10 AM
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