Are left-handed people genetically superior?

[Anonymous No.9013503]

Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, and Charles Darwin were all southpaws.
Eight U.S. presidents: James A. Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry S Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
Fully 25 percent of the Apollo astronauts were left-handed.
Gates, Winfrey, Jobs, Zuckerberg, etc.

Left-handed people make up ~10% of the population, but they are over-represented in areas of high IQ and achievement.

Is it possible that there are group differences in intelligence between left- and right-handed people?

[Anonymous No.9013507]

statistically yes, but only because trump skews the statistics so much

[Anonymous No.9013694]

>>9013507
careful now, we don't want to bring free speech down upon ourselves.

[Anonymous No.9013706]

i am left hand and am all of the smart so yes

[Anonymous No.9013708]

>>9013503
they are statistically over achievers
no significant difference in IQ though

IQ fucking sucks as a metric?

[Anonymous No.9013717]

>>9013503
You might find this interesting, it is from the interesting half of "The Master and His Emissary", the other half is too speculative for me

[Anonymous No.9014020]

>>9013708
>implying IQ and achievement are not strongly correlated
isn't this beyond settled by now?

[Anonymous No.9014030]

>>9014020
alot of things are correlated with achievement, such as the social status of your parents
let's use those things to measure intelligence!!!

[Anonymous No.9014135]

>>9013717
Does the book suggest any technique to take advantage of the information presented?

[Anonymous No.9014153]

>>9014135
>Does the book suggest any technique to take advantage of the information presented?
Nah not at all, it just describes lateralization and in the other half of the book the author speculates about a cultural lateralization, the idea goes something like this: we use one part of our brain more in our current culture, but that's all a some kind of speculative neurophilosophy

[Anonymous No.9014157]

>>9014030
>strawmanning this hard
OK, if left-handers are statistically over-achievers, and you posit that it's not due to some innate quality that they have, what do you propose is the reason?

[Anonymous No.9014173]

>>9014020
>>implying IQ and achievement are not strongly correlated
they aren't tho
iq explains at most 25% of difference in achievement (for academic)

is that strong? maybe
>>9014157
according to the wiki article on handedness left-handers have 1 (one) IQ point more than right handers

[Anonymous No.9014176]

There is no such thing as "genetically superior."

[Anonymous No.9014180]

>>9013503
>Albert Einstein
>Isaac Newton
I don't know about the others, but there's zero evidence these two were left handed. In fact, there are pictures that imply Einstein was probably right handed.

I don't know why lefties make up these lies. Are they trying to feel special?

[Anonymous No.9014192]

>>9014153
But wouldn't be reasonable to assume one could unlock some more brainpower by, say, learning to write with the non-dominant hand?

[TobiasNoel No.9014196]

>>9013503
Additional neurons in the frontal lobe.

Ambidexterity is where you have statistically significant results.

[Anonymous No.9014197]

>>9014180
He used to jack off with his left hand to avoid getting questioned about his ripped right bicep.

[Anonymous No.9014293]

>>9014176
Yeah, i meant to say "superior intelligence with a genetic basis"