Being a lefty, an inevitable groan arises when faced with the comment "lefthanded people are more intelligent/creative/weird" from people using it as some sort of desperate conversation starter. The countless stories or assertions by enthusiastic mothers have trained me to be desensitized by these comments, despite the amount of truth or falsehood it consists.
Turns out that according yet another recent study by economists (supposedly trained statisticians), lefties (among college graduates) really do earn more than their peers.
Most "normal" people out there are probably thinking, "What a load of bs." Levitt (author of Freakonomics), a righty, thinks likewise:
Because I am not left-handed, I have never taken much pleasure in the endless parade of studies, articles, and anecdotes about how left-handed people are better at everything than right-handed people.What's more, tall people also have an above average salary not because of societal preferences, height dominance or self-esteem building, but simply because they are - smarter (according to this study).
What a load of crap. I (6' lefty) will be the anomaly that proves the rule.
...if you're old and not right, you have no brain.
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