re: Why are left handed people not as common as right handed people?

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“everyone is born right handed, only the greatest can overcome it”

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The truth is that everyone is born left handed, but 90% of us are smart enough to overcome it.

Don't know about better but in my experiences lefties tend to be more artistic/free spirited and more ambidextrous. I'd imagine it can be tied to something brain related but that's purely a guess.

I remember being told about notebooks that had the wire on the opposite side for left handed people but I've never saw one. Having to write comfortably around the wire especially as you were getting to the bottom of the page was annoying.

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Makes more sense than my old man. Swings a bat LEFTY, swings a golf club RIGHTY

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I've always wondered why, despite I'm sure the same percentage of right and lefthanders, more Canadian hocky players shoot left handed vs. their American counterparts who shoot righthanded.

I would think you'd want your dominant arm low on the stick.

I write left handed. I shoot hoops, a gun, bat and play golf right handed. I thinks it's a major advantage in golf to have my dominant side at the front of my swing (hitting against a solid front).

My parents and my younger brother are all left handed.

My 4 year old daughter does everything with both hands.

Mixture

Mostly righty but several “significant” things lefty.

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And why are they better than their right handed counter parts?

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Southpaws are awesome until it’s time to use some scissors

My parents are right handed, and all 3 of their kids are lefties.

I do everything left handed except golf. That’s right for some reason.

I got news for you, a chest wound deep enough that the location of your heart becomes part of the equation would have killed just about anyone in prehistoric times.