larry (10/08/82)
I don't know if anybody else has noticed this --there seems to be a disportionate amount of LEFT handed people that are programmers. Has anybody else noticed this? Anybody care to comment why this might be true? Larry Marek Bell Labs Naperville
rwg (10/10/82)
Right-handed people use the left side of their brains more; Left-handed people use the right side of their brains more; That is, only left-handed people are in their "right" minds.
edwards (10/10/82)
#R:ihlam:-37800:uicsovax:3900021:000:49 uicsovax!edwards Oct 9 20:36:00 1982 Your all wrong! Right handers are smarter!!!!
ech (10/10/82)
#R:ihlam:-37800:whuxlb:7400010:000:386 whuxlb!ech Oct 9 23:05:00 1982 I can't tell you WHY a disproportionate number of programmers are lefties, but I can fuel the fire: lefties make up something like 10% of the general population, but it has long been noted that the typical MIT graduating class is 20-30% lefties. As to whether lefties are smarter, is being a hacker, or subjecting oneself to an MIT education SMART???? =Ned Horvath (rightie MIT '70)=
pedalman (10/11/82)
If the argument about left-handed people being in their "right" minds is to be believed, then I must conclude that no good programmers are left handed, since, I have never met a "good" programmer that was fully in his right mind.
tim (10/11/82)
Richard Getlak recently stated that left-handed people use the right sides of their brains more. This is not quite true; many lefties are left-brain dominant, and many have mixed dominance. However, most right-handers are left-brain dominant. This demonstrates irrefutably that left-handed people are more mixed up than righties. I type my name with my right hand, Tim Maroney ( tim@unc )
jcw (10/12/82)
References: ucbarpa.2201 For an interesting overview of the subject, see the article in Newsweek/August 30, 1982 on page 62. To interest you in looking for the article, let me quote: "Researchers have now determined that the culprit is probably testosterone..."
coletti (10/12/82)
#R:ihlam:-37800:uiucdcs:10600016:000:90 uiucdcs!coletti Oct 12 12:13:00 1982 Just goes to show that Computer Science attracts more than its share of sinister types...
reid (10/12/82)
I am a right-handed programmer who at least can spell.... You're all wrong: all generalizations are false! Glenn Reid