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And how do girls manage to escape institutionalised right-handedness? Methinks your theory to reconcile all the findings has a few holes.

You're clearly a dangerous pinko commie pragmatist.
by Vagulus on Tue Feb 24th, 2009 at 06:48:30 AM EST
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They have institutionalised sexism to deal with. Left-handedness is a second-order effect in their case.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 24th, 2009 at 06:52:06 AM EST
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Ooook... I'll take that as relaxed banter (I tend to take things too seriously: I must fight my nature).

From the above FT article:

research shows that left-handers are more likely to suffer from language disorders, autism, dyslexia, "schizotypal behaviour patterns", seizures and post-traumatic stress disorder.

I'm quoting that lest we forget there's a neurologic basis for left-handedness, which is not fully understood. Provided that scientific curiosity is kept alive, I think the prudence of a sentence like "We do not have a theory that reconciles all of these findings" is commendable.

You're clearly a dangerous pinko commie pragmatist.

by Vagulus on Tue Feb 24th, 2009 at 07:15:32 AM EST
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I forgot. Full disclosure: I'm right handed !

You're clearly a dangerous pinko commie pragmatist.
by Vagulus on Tue Feb 24th, 2009 at 07:27:59 AM EST
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If handedness genetically linked to sex? Autism seems to be.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 24th, 2009 at 08:37:01 AM EST
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Aha!
In 1998, a study suggested that approximately 7 to 10 percent of the adult population was left-handed, and that left-handedness is more common in males than females.
(Source: Wikipedia)

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Feb 24th, 2009 at 09:36:42 AM EST
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Could mistreatment and a right-handed environment not be a reason for neurologic pathologies?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Wed Feb 25th, 2009 at 12:07:34 PM EST
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