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Started by Tron3k Aug 5, 2003 at 12:45 PM 10 replies 900+ views

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Aug 5, 2003 at 12:45 PM

So I noticed that my brain seems to take higher priority to my right ear. When I cover my right ear, I hear more of the "muffledness" than when I cover my left ear. Also my right hand is way stronger than my left. On the other hand (pardon the pun), I''m actually left-handed in writing - but I cut with scissors in my right hand. I don''t kick much so I don''t really have a foot preference. I hear humans even have an eye preference. Left-handers are an interesting bunch, probably because we''re just abnormal. Some famous (or infamous!) left-handers: Bill Clinton, Alexander the Great, Fidel Castro, Buzz Aldrin, and Bart Simpson. There was some rumor that left-handers die earlier on average, but that was found to be an incorrect assessment. Apparently our society''s preference for the right hand goes back to prehistoric times. While we''re on this subject, please click here and state whether you can see the image in the dot pattern, and whether you are right- or left-handed. My theory on why most people are right-handed has to do with the right hand being controlled by the linguistic left half of the brain. Don''t even get me started on the left-to-right writing system. The side of my hand is always covered with pencil graphite. I swear, it must have been a right-handers'' conspiracy.

BradDaBug

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BradDaBug

Aug 5, 2003 at 12:50 PM

I can't see anything in the picture, but I'm in my logical, mathematical programming mode right now. I'll try again later when I'm in my creative drawing artistic mode.

OT, but I got geomipmapping to work in my landscape engine! I'm so happy! No gaps!

EDIT: Oh yeah, I'm right handed.

[edited by - BradDaBug on August 5, 2003 2:14:57 PM]

klems

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klems

Aug 5, 2003 at 12:55 PM

Heh, I see a guy kneeling to something, but I''m wrong.

Anyway, when I become the evil allmighty dictator of the entire world, being right-handed will be punishable by...the loss of the left hand!

"For crying out loud, she has fishes coming out of her head on either side. How can you find this hot?!"
"If anyone sees a suspicious, camouflaged factory being carried across the desert, they should report it immediately."

entivore

Aug 5, 2003 at 12:56 PM

Funny, I thought it was a cowboy riding through a rather scenic trail. As far as left-handedness and right-handedness, both suck. Ambidexterity is where it''s at!

Bakingsoda36

Aug 5, 2003 at 12:58 PM

I saw a dog sniffing around by a tree...

I'm right handed

[edited by - Bakingsoda36 on August 5, 2003 1:59:26 PM]

23yrold3yrold

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23yrold3yrold

Aug 5, 2003 at 1:06 PM

I see a dog sniffing too, but it looks like he''s sniffing a sidewalk or something.

Right handed.

Chris Barry (crbarry at mts.net)
My Personal Programming Depot

Tron3k

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Tron3k

Aug 5, 2003 at 1:10 PM

Ambidexterity ... I actually tried to write with my right hand for quite a while, and I got passably good at it. It''s a good way to exercise your brain.

Voice Of Tango

Aug 5, 2003 at 1:12 PM

I saw the fore end of the dog, and I could see that the bottom part of the picture was definitely water. I''m left-handed.

Waverider

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Waverider

Aug 5, 2003 at 1:13 PM

I could make out the image fairly quickly, and I'm right-handed. I could see the dog and the tree, but didn't really make out the stream.

I don't know, computer programming along with creating stories for D&D, playing the keyboard, drawing pictures, etc. was always part of my habits, so maybe both sides of my brain are very active. Is it possible that some creativity is merely logical, and others are artistic?

Sometimes I'm not sure if some studies are actually honest about what they are trying to accomplish.

I have heard stories in psych class of kids that were left handed, who were forced to learn to write with their right hands because the parents wanted them to be logical, and actually had to go through special language training because it messed them up. Not sure how true it is...

[edited by - Waverider on August 5, 2003 2:15:30 PM]

Bakingsoda36

Aug 5, 2003 at 1:20 PM

quote:
Original post by 23yrold3yrold
I see a dog sniffing too, but it looks like he''s sniffing a sidewalk or something.

Right handed.

Yeah, that''s what I meant

Karelian

Aug 5, 2003 at 1:38 PM

I don''t think that test is very good. I''m right handed and see the dog.

Big B

Aug 5, 2003 at 1:54 PM

I''m left handed and didn''t see the dog. I saw what I thought was a tree in the top right, but no dog (didn''t look too long). On the next page I saw the triangle, so I''m not sure what to think.

I also don''t fit many of the left handed stereotypes, so I think I just picked up the pencil with my left hand the first time and keep doing it that way. I cut with my left hand, but throw with my right. My right arm is also stronger (and slightly bigger).

To check your eye preference: look at something, cover one eye, then the other. The eye that the picture changes the least with is your stronger eye. I''m left eyed.

To check your foot preference: kick a football (or soccer). The foot that it feels most natural with is your stronger foot.

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