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10 percent of the world is left handed.
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how much percent of the world wear glasses?
about 70 percent wear glasses
Left handed but raised right handed?
THIS IS NOT ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, BUT BOTH A PERSONAL VIEW AND HOPEFULLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECT. The common opinion states a left handed person is more creative, smarter and possibly better drivers (just read that on online...who knows). But what if you were meant to be left handed and were persuaded as a child to write with the right hand. This was common in 19th and early 20th century when being left handed was seen as deficient and possibly evil. Superstition while much more prevalent during the early centuries, it still remains. We no longer discourage children from being left handed, but do find it a curiosity I find this subject interesting because if you have dominant left handed tendencies, but they were suppressed, will this suppress your potentially superior creative tendencies I myself am right handed and yet do a number of things left handed. Some people simply dismiss this as ambidextrous. Yet this raises another question....if you are ambidextrous do you have the creativity of a left handed person and the logic of a right handed person. When playing baseball I bat left handed and yet throw right handed. If I bat left handed, then why don't I golf left handed. These tendencies were not forced on me, but simply what I found comfortable when learning these games. My brothers when teaching me to bat naturally set me as a right handed batter, but my hands were switched. While they tried to correct my hand positions I kept moving my hands in to left handed position. They suggested trying batting left handed and it felt so natural and of course I was much better. Golfing I am better right handed, but can golf left handed. I think of myself as a very creative person and yet I am a Civil Engineer...a very logical number crunching field. I find myself not a typical engineer, very social and with many creative interests. I am now middle aged and as an exercise have been teaching myself to write left handed and have found it to be easier than I thought. I don't believe I was encouraged to be a right handed person, but I was a follower as a child. I remember kids who were left handed were something of a curiosity not the attention I wanted. This is not to say I truly was a purely left handed person, but I wonder if I had began my life as a left hander I wonder what effect this may have had on me. This now takes us to the ultimate question of the effect of stimulating the side of the brain which controls left or right handed tendencies. If you are raised as a right handed person, but were meant to be left handed will this diminish your potential creativity. It seems logical (say my right brain) that diminished stimulation of the right brain could lead to diminished right brain potential development. Now the next question is can you learn to be the left handed person you were meant to be and will this stimulate the right brain. Again this seems logical, but will you reach the potential as if raised as a left handed person from childhood. This also seems logical that you would probably not, but will find an increase in stimulation and creativity nonetheless. We know the brain when stimulated with new interests will grow so to speak. When stimulated new neuron connections will be established essentially increasing what is now referred to as "Brain Age". The old adage "Use it or lose it". I think it may be evident that I have not answered the original questioned, but have raised more questions. Perhaps this is the result of both my right and left brain working together. This question unless researched leads to the development of hypotheses which will inevitably lead to many more questions....but isn't this the first step toward research. I will leave you with this thought, find activities which use both sides of your brain as you will find yourself possibly and most likely a more well rounded person. Let's strive to use as much of our brain as possible and I like to think that the right side needs the left side to stay sane?
Is tom hardy right handed or left handed?
No, he isn't. Actually, yes he is. He was born left handed. However, his kindergarten teacher forced him to write with his right hand. So even though he writes with his right hand, he is still left handed. He does everything else with his left hand. No, he doesn't do everything else left handed. Just watch his movies. He uses his right hand for EVERYTHING. The only two exceptions are in the movie Vanilla Sky and Valkyrie where his character lost the use of his right arm. (BORN ON THE 4th OF JULY he shoots his rifle left handed is it must be three then) Though, he did a good job of playing someone forced to use his left hand, in all of his other movies (just watch) he does EVERYTHING right handed. I've seen him on several list of left handed actors, and my best guess as to how that happened was the pages were created by people who had seen one or both of those two movies. Another actor I've seen on these lists is Robert DeNiro, and he is NOT left handed either. I don't know what movie anyone could possibly have gotten that impression. It's listed on some interesting facts about him that he wrote with his right hand in Taxi Driver even though he is left handed. Yes, he wrote with his right hand in Taxi Driver AND in every other movie that he has been in. I've also seen clips of him signing autographs, and he uses his right hand to do so. Two more actors who I have seen on these lists who are NOT at all left handed and I don't know where anyone got the impression that they were is Brad Pitt and Jim Carrey Watch the movie "The Color of Money" for an excellent example of him being left handed. He plays pool left handed. Then google "Tom Cruise Left Handed" for more information. I stand by what I said. I have already googled Tom Cruise left handed, and it doesn't tell me anything that I haven't already read or seen. He did play pool left handed in "The Color of Money." You are correct. In "The Last Samarai" he also shoots a rifle left handed at the beginning of the movie, however, all throughout the movie, he uses a sword right handed. Plus he throws bottles around in "Cocktail" right handed, and in the Mission Impossible movies or other action movies, he still shoots pistols right handed. I've also just seen him throw right handed in general. He also uses a knife and eats using a fork or spoon right handed. I would say this makes him somewhat cross-dominant at most. Either that or he is left handed, makes a point of covering it up most of the time, and has a few slips here and there. Just because someone does something with his/her left hand doesn't automatically make him/her left handed. He may have shot pool and shot rifle left handed. This could be something that he took to doing because maybe he has a dominant left eye. Just look at how much he does right handed. It lists in interesting facts about him that he's right handed when writing but does most things left haded, but that is NOT true. You have to really search for anything that makes Tom Cruise left handed, but it's easy to find proof that he is right handed. This is almost like saying that since I turned on my light switch and opened a door with my left hand, I'm left handed now.
Why does Daniel Radcliffe use his left hand so much if he is right handed?
he just wants to be popular he wants to be the only one left handed writter in the movie i'll tell you a secret he thinks he is cool,popular,speciali feel sorry for those who like him. p.s he's gay!
Is Sebastian giovinco a lefty?
Sebastian Giovinco is left handed, though this does not make much of a difference when playing soccer, the sport that made him famous. He currently plays for an Italian club team.
Was Ernie Davis left handed?
he batted left handed i know that much
About how much percent of the humankind is right-handed?
88
How much do you know about polar bears?
They are left-handed and can eat up to half their body weight. Polar bears are not left handed stupid!
How much of the worlds population is ambidextrous?
At 7:52 am March 31, 2010. There was 6,997,426,800 people in the world. 10% of people are left handed. 10% of 6 billion is, 699,742,680! That many people are left handed, which is an estimate. Left handed people are few. There are about 1 in 10 lefties (10%) and some of those are ambidextrous (able to use both hands). Also, some of those 10% only use their left hand for writing, so they aren't 100% left handed.
Was Ralph Waldo Emerson left handed?
There is no definitive information confirming whether Ralph Waldo Emerson was left-handed or right-handed.
Is Miley Cyrus left handed or right handed?
Miley Cyrus was originally left-handed but her dad taught her to use her right hand because he said lefty's have to learn the whole world backwards (says so in Miles To Go) so she pretty much writes and plays guitar with her right hand.
How much longer does a right handed person live than a left handed?
Cesar says 2 years
How much is a left handed Remington 273 rifle worth?
there is no such thing
Are right handed people smarter?
They do not. On average, right handed people live 9 years longer than them.
Why cant left handed throwers play catcher?
In little League thru High School, most batters are right handed as well. A left handed catcher will not have near as much success throwing the ball to second on a steal. Also, since most catchers are right handed, most pitchers are disoriented by a left handed catcher therefore coaches will discourage lefties from pursuing the position.
Why does left tackle make so much money?
One reason would be that most quarterbacks in the NFL are right handed. The left tackle is responsible for protecting the right handed quarterback's blind side on passing plays unless, of course, the QB is rolling left. Similarly, the right tackle protects the blind side of a left handed quarterback.
How much is a Remington 1100 12ga left handed shotgun worth?
150 mint condition
