Quote: (Originally Posted by
kieranu)
Ditto - doesn't being left-handed suck when it comes to technical diving. Its hard enough dealing with bailout/stage cylinders (at the surface in particular) without the added disadvantage of being cack-handed and hanging them on your left-side.
Have a read of Prof. Stanley Coren's book 'The Left-Hander Syndrome
Amazon.com: The Left-Hander Syndrome: The Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness: Books: Stanley Coren There is no evidence that left-handers are cack-handed, but left-handers can look that way in certain situations: just try, as a left-hander, sitting on a packed bench using chopsticks, with a right-hander doing the same on your left-hand side: he's always going to blame you when he drops his sushi on his winkle. Only 8-15% of the population are left-handed, but they punch above their weight because they are useful in sports and they reportedly have a significantly higher percentage of people with above-average IQ.
My point, though, is not to accept anyone who says there's only one way of doing things. Being left-handed gives me half an excuse to flip them the birdie, but I'd probably do that to them anyway out of bloody-mindedness.