My aunt Edna says that left-handed people are more intelligent, what do you think?

Question

Well, what was so hard about that?

No, you don't understand. Everyone says you can't ask a question with the word Edna in it. I just did it.

Ok, for anyone who happens to view this in the future, Edna was some troll that kept hanging around Polls and Surveys, and we were starting to think that Yahoo had developed a filter that had banned her name. I came up with a question that included her name, and I proved that if there ever were ever a filter, my question passed it. OK?

Answer 1

Well, Lucky, you did manage to put Edna's name in a question without it getting deleted. But, in the long run, what did you manage to accomplish?

Answer 2

I'm guessing your Aunt Edna is a southpaw herself. I am as well, and it's not always easy being in 10% of the world's population. I mean, even scissors are made for righties. As for intelligence, there are studies to support what she said, also that don't...Since I was young, my favorite fallback was always Leonardo DaVinci, who was my favorite leftie. Like everything else, I think it simply depends on the individual.

I included a clip from an article about a big national game they're playing over in the UK about just this thing...here you go...

Left-handers across the UK edged ahead in the intelligence stakes this week, when the nation took part in the biggest IQ test ever undertaken. The British were all tuned to their TV sets on Saturday 11th May, as more than 90,000 people took part in Test the Nation hosted by quiz show presenter Anne Robinson on BBC1. Everyone had to complete 70 questions to assess their language, perception, memory, maths and logic in what the BBC called a 'light-hearted way of gauging Britain's brain power'

An IQ score of 90 to 110 indicates average intelligence, while anything over 110 points is in the highest 25 per cent. Anyone with 130 or above can consider themselves in the top 2 per cent of the population. The results revealed that left-handed people on average scored 109, slightly higher than the right-handers at 108.

Answer 3

Asa left hander, I'd have to say the bulk of us are more creative than right handers, but not overwhelmingly more intelligent. No more than another righterhander could be smarter than a fellow righthander.

And all that stuff about lefthanders having a higher count of Cancer- What crap! Think about it... does it even make any sense at all? It's a brain side preference, our biology isn't different. Geez, the things people believe.

Answer 4

Left handed people are usually more artistic because of the way our brains work. Left brain - Right brain etc

Answer 5

I agree whole heartedly! And I promise the fact that I'm left-handed did not influence my answer one bit. Well, OK, maybe a little.

Answer 6

My brother is left handed and he has a diferent kind of intelligence. He is creative, good at games, but he didn' do well in Math

Answer 7

Yes it is true because 90% of the brain works for them which makes them remember more things

Answer 8

I don't know about being smarter. However, I do know that we have to be problem solvers and highly adaptable. As a lefty myself, I know what it is like to live in a righty world.

Answer 9

Not really, even though they have to actually train themselves to use things left-handed.

Answer 10

That's just something those lefty freaks say to make themselves feel better.