1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: Welcome to Stuff from the Science Lab from how stuff 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: works dot com. Hey guys, and welcome to the podcast. 3 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: This is Alice and I don't know at the science 4 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: editor how stuff worst dot com. And this is Robert Lamb, 5 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: science writer at how stuff works dot com. Today we're 6 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: discussing one of my favorite articles I think on how 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: stuff works dot com and this is one that you wrote. Yeah, yeah, 8 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: it's pretty good back in the day and the title 9 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 1: is actually our lefties better at sports And as you 10 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,279 Speaker 1: allude to in your intro of said article, um, you know, 11 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: lefties tend to think they're superior. And in fact, you 12 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: were saying that right before we started recording. Yeah, yeah, 13 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,959 Speaker 1: I was. I think I was criticizing you because you are, 14 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: in fact a lefty. I am a lefty and you 15 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: are not. Yeah, Matt, now, my, did you ever want 16 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: to be a lefty? No? Because I mean it's you know, 17 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: you're always bumping into things. I mean, you've got to 18 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: have a special desk and just kind of like a pain. 19 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: Um my sister was lefty and my my wife is lefty. 20 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: Really yeah, but it's always kind of award because it's 21 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: like we have to watch how we sit next to 22 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: each other at things. Otherwise, you know, if we're at 23 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: dinner table next to each other, we might be bumping 24 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: elbows and and it's annoying. And then you know, with 25 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 1: left handed people, whether there's one in the family or 26 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: you marry one, there's the whole you know, thing about 27 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: them being evil and and I'm always yeah, I'm always 28 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: just hesitant when I mean just around left hand lefties, 29 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 1: because because that explains so much about our working relationship. Yeah, 30 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: so left handedness or right handed this is just something 31 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: that we inherit um. In fact, lefties and righties have 32 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: been around as far back as the Paleolithic period. And 33 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: in your article you stated that the number of left 34 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: handers um it's roughly ten percent of the population, and 35 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: that number has remained steady for about ten thou years, 36 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: which is pretty pretty incredible. Yeah, so the those cave 37 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: meant those unique lefty cave men back in the day. 38 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: But it probably wasn't too hard on those guys because 39 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: they didn't have desks, you know, and they probably weren't 40 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: eating at a dinner able and they weren't having to 41 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: use as annoying left handed scissors. Yeah, what other products 42 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: are there that are specific to left handed because I 43 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: just use regular products since I'm right handed, so I 44 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: don't know what kind of special equipment you guys need 45 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: to fund. There are mugs with special labeling so that 46 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: we can read them, which is kind of mugs like Okay, 47 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: I have a mug on my desk right now, Like 48 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: why is that a right handed person's mug? Like if 49 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: it's left handed on I just turned around or something, 50 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: what you know, it's it's just where else can you 51 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: put the handle? Like is it on the inside? For 52 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: I don't know, I have a special lamp handed mug. 53 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: Like for instance, I'm looking at the pencil in my 54 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: hand right now, just in case I need to take 55 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: a note or two and I cannot read the writing. However, 56 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: if I hold it in my right hand, I can 57 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: read the writing, and that sort of a deal. I 58 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: don't really need to write to read the writing on 59 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,399 Speaker 1: pencils all that often, but it's just one of those 60 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 1: things that we left use have adapted to deal with. 61 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: You should the next time, like you're a I don't 62 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: know you, you go to buy a car or whatever, 63 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: somebody gives you some sort of like the business pen 64 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: and they give you one that is for right hand 65 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: you should get like really offended throw it back at them. Yeah, 66 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: well they're they're a whole lefty movement. Um. And I'm 67 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 1: not talking about politics obviously, Um, but so nature nurture. 68 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: What's the deal here, Well, we're not really sure the 69 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: exact combination of genetic or environmental factors that contribute to, uh, 70 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: what makes us right handed or left handed. That is 71 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: important to note that you do see this throughout the 72 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: animal kingdom, right, definitely, definitely, you're talking about the c 73 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: snails in your in your left handed article and the crabs. 74 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 1: I mean, you see it. It's accepted if you don't 75 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: have hands. It's called what laterality, I believe. Yeah, so 76 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: just the preference to do different bodily operations, you know, 77 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: one way or another. So in the case of snails, 78 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: for example, Um, isn't it that their their shells coil counterclockwise? Right? Yeah, 79 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: that's right, and so that's what makes them a lefty snail. 80 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: Or even in the case of fish, where um, you know, 81 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: a lefty fish would probably start left as opposed to 82 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: a righty fish. And if um, you know, if there's 83 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: a predator chasing you, then you know, maybe that benefits 84 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: you because they're not going to expect the fish to 85 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: to dart left, so it's a surprise move. On the 86 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: other hand, you have all the other fish are are 87 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: darting right and you're just kind of out there hanging 88 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: out in the ocean, then maybe it doesn't benefit you. 89 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: But we're not quite there yet. Okay, we'll cut back 90 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 1: on that, not just the second. Yeah, so the question 91 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: of whether you're ready or a lefty something is settled 92 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: in the womb, which I think is kind of interesting. 93 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: And then you hear other people saying that handedness isn't 94 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 1: settled until as late as h five and humans, I 95 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 1: think that my son might be a lefty. Yeah, you 96 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: think so. I think so, And I'm kind of proud 97 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: of the little guy. Yeah, are you going to take 98 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: sides if if one's right handed one's left hand. No. 99 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: I will never be an evil parent and force him 100 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: to to write or you know, do anything else that 101 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: he doesn't want to with the right hand or left 102 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: hand or Yeah, you know, I'm not into that kind 103 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: of parenting, Robert. So there are some costs of being 104 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: lefty that which I find really interesting and which you 105 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: guys have probably heard about. There's the big one about 106 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: driving and accidents. Have you heard this that lefties are 107 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: more prone to It's like the fish thing, right, what 108 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 1: you said, Like the fish will dart one way when 109 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: the other started the other, except this is behind the 110 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: wheel of a moving automobile. So well, right, so I've 111 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: heard it explained as um, you know, if you're left handed, 112 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: you know that's your dominant hands, so if you imagine 113 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: them on the car wheel, you're more prone to turn 114 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:20,040 Speaker 1: the car into oncoming traffic. That's one way I've heard 115 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: it explained. I have not seen any studies to back 116 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: that up, but now a smaller height is apparently another factor, 117 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: though smaller which like my wife is pretty tall for 118 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 1: a girl. I mean, so I don't know how much 119 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: I buy that one. Also in some of these guys, 120 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: and these are theorized costs of being lefty, and they 121 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: probably like pan out over large population, so you can't 122 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: just be like WHOA. That's also later onset of puberty 123 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: and they may not live as long, which is fine, 124 00:05:55,400 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: I mean, you don't care, you know, yeah, So I'll 125 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: so higher instance of schizophrenia, alcoholism, dyslexia, along stuff like 126 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: Crohn's disease and all sort of colitis. And then you 127 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: you have some mental disabilities that maybe um showing up 128 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: and lefties more. Yeah, so that thought about takes care 129 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: of it for some of the costs out there of 130 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: of being you know, lefty, using your left hand with 131 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: those funny green scissors. Yeah, well that's the thing that's 132 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: probably pretty traumatizing, the greens, the funny green scissors and 133 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 1: the funky desks, you know, Okay, I will tell you 134 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: that when you're learning sports, you know, maybe you're learning 135 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: how to shoot um, you know, you're learning archery, and 136 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: the instructor has never dealt with the lefties, so they 137 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: have to figure out how to show you with the 138 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: arms and they're right handed. It can, you know, sort 139 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 1: of get annoying after a while. I wonder, how about 140 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: playing guitar. I wonder if they have to use a 141 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: different hand. I would think so, And if they did, 142 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: it would make because you use your left hand to pick. 143 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: I would use my left hand to you know, strum 144 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: the guitar or whatever. It wouldn't you use your right hand? Well, 145 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: you know how like the older guitar dude always like 146 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: comes onto the lady in the movie by like showing 147 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: her how to play the guitar. I wonder if that's 148 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: a limiting factor if he's like a riding and he's 149 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 1: coming onto a lefty. Oh, good point. Definitely guitar players, 150 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: that's gone for you. So there is one good thing 151 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: about being lefty, and it's you know, whether you're smacking 152 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: a tennis ball cross court or you're landing a left hook, 153 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: or you're fighting someone in hand to hand combat as 154 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: the case, maybe you're gonna have that advantage of surprise. Right. Yeah, 155 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: this is this is my favorite area of the study 156 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,559 Speaker 1: because it you know, I don't get to write about 157 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: like gladiator gladiatorial pits much, not nearly as much as 158 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: you want to. Well yeah, I mean I would probably 159 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: get bored with it if I was writing for the 160 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: history beat here because because lord no, it's just you know, 161 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: gladiator after gladiator article for those guys. But um, but no, 162 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: it's like it comes down to, like, all right, you're 163 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: in sing especially like a primitive environment or an older 164 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: culture where you know, before you had guns and all this, 165 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: and it was more of a situation where I need 166 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: to know how to use either my hands for combat 167 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: or some sort of like a sword or a club 168 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: or you know, machette, I'm a shetty or a tridulent 169 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: and a net uh that if you're in the glad 170 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: and gladiator pit. But but yeah, so it's it's yeah, 171 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 1: hand to hand combat with some sort of weapons often 172 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: so and and a lot of times this is this 173 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: is gonna be your like bread and butter like either 174 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: it's like you know, a part of like your culture 175 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: where there's a lot of fighting in it, or or 176 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: you're you're regularly going to war or you know, your 177 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: social status depends on it. So you're gonna train right 178 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: and if someone's gonna lead, if you you know, in fighting, 179 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: you're gonna lead with either your left you're right, if 180 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: you're right hand, you're gonna lead with the right right, 181 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: All right, if of the population is right handed, who 182 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: are you going to train to fight? Well, so this 183 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: brings up an interesting question. How are you gonna try 184 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: to fight? You're gonna train to fight the right handed people, 185 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: yes you are. But so you're a pro athlete, you know, 186 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure like lefty Oscar de la Hoya is not, 187 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: or somebody who's fighting Lefty Oscar de la hoya is gonna, 188 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: you know, go into the ring with with a left 189 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: handed fighter. Yeah, exactly, They're going to train up but 190 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: knowing that they're going to go in to fight that guy. 191 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: But still that's not like all of your training, Like 192 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,079 Speaker 1: how much of your training can you to vote versus 193 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: right I totally get that. Is it one time occurrence, 194 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: is it a limited occurrence versus you know, regularly going 195 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 1: up against right handed I get that, Yeah, definitely. But 196 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: and then the other benefit, of course is if you're 197 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: the left handed dude, your or gal, you know, then 198 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: you're always gonna you're pretty much always going to have 199 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,719 Speaker 1: that advantage. Yeah, because I do, Yeah, I totally doong 200 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: I rock because you're you're still going to be training 201 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: to fight or play against the ninety percent of the 202 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: people who are right handed, but you're always going to 203 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: carry that left hand advantage in except I mean except 204 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: against the ten percent, well even the ten percent that 205 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: are lefties, you know, they're still gonna they're still most 206 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: of their training is going towards rights as well. So 207 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: you're gonna always have to have a certain amount of 208 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: advantage over the guy maand the end of the court 209 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: or the gladiator pit. Except indeed, so tell us what 210 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: happened with these French researchers who checked out this phenomenon. Yeah, 211 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: so this is this is an awesome study. This took 212 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: place back between two wasn't one in two thousand four, 213 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,079 Speaker 1: and these French researchers decided to test this theory that 214 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: that above lefty battle superiority right there from the University 215 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:15,839 Speaker 1: of Montpelier. Yes, and Montpelier, I believe that's the way. 216 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: That's way I always heard it when I was in 217 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: Canada living there. But okay, correct me if I'm wrong Canucks. 218 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: Um So, so yeah, basically they were like, let's let's 219 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: study this but instead of like watching like tennis players 220 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: or whatever, because sports is basically just sort of a 221 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: deviation from killing other people in their hands. Definitely. M yeah, 222 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,199 Speaker 1: there's no doubt about that at all. I mean really, 223 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: I think everybody can pretty much agree that like sports 224 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: are like, yes, yeah, if like if people tune into sports, 225 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: but if war was on the other channel, they would 226 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: totally tune into war. Um. So yeah, they just said, well, 227 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: where can we really put this theory to the test, 228 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: And they decided to go to the places where they 229 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,719 Speaker 1: had really high murder rates. And um, people were more 230 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: likely to commitment these murders with like handheld weapons or 231 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: their hands, etcetera. Right, So they are visiting societies, you know, 232 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 1: without the infiltration of guns, you know, somewhat simple societies. 233 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,439 Speaker 1: And in these societies, again, the left handed person would 234 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: would seem to have the advantage and would seem better 235 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: prepared to survive these violent encounters. And sure enough, again 236 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: the rest of the world, ten percent of the population lefties. 237 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: In these areas they found as high as twenty seven 238 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:32,839 Speaker 1: percent lefties. Okay, so that just means there's there's enough 239 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: violence going on that the lefty population, the percentage of 240 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: the the percentage of the population that was lefty was 241 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: higher because they're surviving more violent encounters than they're losing 242 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,319 Speaker 1: out in right. Right, So there's a correlation between the 243 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: high murder rate and the occurrence of left handedness in 244 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: those societies. Yeah, that's pretty it's pretty interesting. And it wasn't, um, 245 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: I was. I was looking at the data in the paper. Um, 246 00:11:57,679 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: And if you want to read the paper, you should 247 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: look it up. Charlotte Floury, it's it's she has all 248 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: of her publications on her CV On the web, you 249 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: can find that paper itself and by her and her 250 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: co author Michelle Raymonde. And it was published in the 251 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: Proceedings of the Royal Society. And it had a nice 252 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: title and that was Handedness, Homicide and negative frequency dependent Selection. See, 253 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 1: I'm just really hoping for the day when we can 254 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: get that that that left handed percentile down to like 255 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: just think, I'll say, the streets will be no. Right. Yeah. 256 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: So here's another theory for you and why lift lefties 257 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: might kick button sports. And this comes from freelance writer 258 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: Julia Layton. She wrote an article for Housta Works and 259 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: whether left handers are quicker thinkers and writings. Okay, and 260 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: so this is more like in the brain where it's happening. 261 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: It's like fast decision making on the court or on 262 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: the battlefield. So the theory goes something like this. Um. 263 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: According to Julia, the two hemispheres are halves of the brain. 264 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: The right and left are pretty much identical, okay for 265 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: the most part. You know, they processed the same information 266 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: with data traveling between you know I via this nice 267 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: neural roadway pathway. Language processing, however, tends to take place 268 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: in one hemisphere the other, and it's often the left hemisphere, 269 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: but for left handed people it can actually take place 270 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: in both hemispheres. Um. Okay. In addition to language processing, 271 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: sensory data processing often goes to one hemisphere another. So say, um, 272 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: you know, data picked up on the right set up 273 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: right side of the body, whether it's with the right eye, 274 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 1: the right ear, or even the right hand or the 275 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: right foot. You get the idea here, it's going to 276 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: go to the left hemisphere for processing, and you know, 277 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: vice versa, data picked up on the left side goes 278 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 1: to the right hemisphere. I don't know why they have 279 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: to make this so complicated. Why can't the the left 280 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: you know side and the left brain lineup and the 281 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: right side and the right. But anyway, what's up with 282 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: this criss crossing business? What kind of makes sense? You're like, 283 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: I don't know, imagine sort of leaning into something I 284 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: don't know. Angles. So how does this relate to the 285 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: titles of a podcast? Um? Which is our lefties better? 286 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: It's arts? So if you think that people who write 287 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: with their left hands may be better at processing sensory 288 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: info and language with both hemispheres of their brain, um, 289 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: then maybe they're better at you know, handling all that 290 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 1: information in a fast fashion. Yeah, because I mean you've 291 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: really got to be like that, I mean out there 292 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: and I am like that. Yeah. Can we can we 293 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: here get a snuffing sound in there? So how do 294 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: you test this? I mean, it's nice for me to 295 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: spout off about how lefties are superior, but you know, 296 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: let's take it to the lab and a bunch of 297 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 1: guys from Australian National University did. They got together a 298 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: hundred people, eighty rights and twenty lefties and they tried 299 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: to test the flow of info between the two sides 300 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: of the brains um. The paper was published a few 301 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: years back in the journal ner Psychology if you're interested. 302 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: So here's how they tested it. They should participants a 303 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: dot on a computer screen. Sounds really fascinating. So far 304 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: screen computer screen had a dividing line down the center. Okay, 305 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: so it's kind of like like palm. Yeah, so you 306 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: see a dot, it would appear to the left to 307 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: the right of the dividing line. And then you, the participant, 308 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: how to press the button to indicate which side the 309 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: dot showed up on. Okay, so overall, when the dots 310 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: were appearing on the left and the right hand side. 311 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: Lefties were faster at this task. But change it around 312 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: and you just put the dot on one side and 313 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: righties were faster. So extrabolating from this, righties could be 314 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: faster at processing info that targets just one side of 315 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: the brain. Um, but lefties would be faster according to 316 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: this experiment and targeting you know, the both types of information. Alright, 317 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: So let's take you back to sports, and again, like 318 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: we kind of said in the beginning, if lefties are 319 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: indeed better at processing sensory info with the two hemispheres, 320 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: they could have a slight advantage in sports, gaming, other activities. 321 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: So I pay you kind of wish you were lefty 322 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: if it's going to make you a better game er. Huh. 323 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: It's not about being a great gamer. It's about enjoying 324 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: the video games, right, It's not about the competition. Yeah, exactly. Sure. 325 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: Do you really believe that? I do believe that. Yeah, 326 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: some people, I mean, I think they're kind of two 327 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: schools of thought. They're the people who like play games 328 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: and are like really really good at games, and you know, 329 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: others that want to enjoy like the storytelling aspect of it. 330 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 1: At all, but I mean they're still gonna be there's 331 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: still games that, like say, I'm probably one of the 332 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: best in the world at really Oh yeah, you want 333 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: to name some of this? Uh yeah, Actually there's a 334 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: game called Virtual Pro Wrestling too, came out for sixty four. 335 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: I could probably beat just about anybody listeners, if you're 336 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: out there, I dat a challenge Robert on this. You'd 337 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: have to like come to my house to play. Can't 338 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: you play it? It's not online or anything, So it's 339 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: really hard for me to back that up. But it's 340 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: just an idle claim it. I firmly believe that I'm 341 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: wasted way too much of my life playing that game, 342 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: and it probably is going to pay off if somebody 343 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: comes to my house for a throw town, you know, 344 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: so let's let's get back to the steady for sex. 345 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: So yeah, saterate, if lefties are indeed better at prossing, 346 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: sincere info with these two hemispheres, they could have, you know, 347 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: the advantage in sports and the theoretically they could use 348 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: both hemispheres of the brand to manage that stimuli. Like 349 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: the thing that's coming to my mind is like I'm 350 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: imagining like a dude on a football field, and it's 351 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: like instead of like one guy coming at him from 352 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: one direction, it's like two guys coming at him, right yeah, 353 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: and he's like better able to process like both of 354 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 1: these these guys, what's the ball? And he manages to 355 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,880 Speaker 1: catch the ball and right yeah, because like especially football field, 356 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 1: especially since like a situation where you'd have just also 357 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: you can have all sorts of stuff going on, crowds 358 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: growing in your ears. It's kind of like Friday night lights. 359 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: If you're seeing that too, I know of it, but 360 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,360 Speaker 1: I've never seen. Well. So, the last thing I want 361 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: to say about lefties outside of sports, Um, this study 362 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: that Julie was talking about, they said that a left 363 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: he could also being a left he could also benefit 364 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: you an old age. So the idea is, with a 365 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: greater ability from one brain hemisphere to quickly back up 366 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 1: the tasks of the other, that left handed seniors could 367 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,959 Speaker 1: retain mental quickness longer than their right handed counterparts. Well 368 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: that's cool, but I would I would keep playing Sudoku 369 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: or whatever it is to keep up that mental acuity. Yeah, 370 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: just don't let it be behind the wheel, right, because 371 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: you're still gonna want to right. So if you're old 372 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: and and a lefty ear in trouble. Yeah. So this 373 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: is a great podcast, especially for lefties, because it gives 374 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: you so much fuel to just go out there and 375 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 1: talk about how great you are. So I've been wanting 376 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 1: to do this podcast forever. So we'd love to hear 377 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: from you, your thoughts, all the lefties out there, some 378 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: of the varieties, perhaps just a few though. If you 379 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 1: want to write in, send us an email at science 380 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 1: Stuff at how staff first dot com. And we also 381 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: got some listener mail going on, oh yeah, yeah we do. 382 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: Are you reading or am I reading? Come might do 383 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: the honors? Okay, you go for it. So this listen 384 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: your mail is that from Valerie. And Vala works at 385 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 1: a prosthetic company. She she manufactures prosthetics, Prosthetic school. Yeah, 386 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:58,479 Speaker 1: and she went in to say, thank you guys so 387 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,360 Speaker 1: much for doing your prosthetic podcast. I work as a proscetist. 388 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,959 Speaker 1: Pronounced that carefully if you don't want to sound like 389 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 1: a quote unquote lady of the evening. UM. So she 390 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: was saying that when we were talking about some of 391 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: the paralympians. UM. When we were talking about that, remember 392 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: we were kind of putting it out there, whether paralympians 393 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,439 Speaker 1: could eventually be you know, surpassed people who you know, 394 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,439 Speaker 1: held all their limbs are and she Valerie was breaking 395 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 1: it down to a matter of um energy return, and 396 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 1: what she said was that an anatomical human leg can 397 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: return of the energy easily. Um. And the problem here 398 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: is that until we can figure out how to get 399 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: that with a prosthetic limb, um, you're only getting ninety 400 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: nine point energy return. So this is actually what let 401 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: um what was his name, oscar Um qualify, Yeah, the 402 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 1: dude with the really awesome in South Africa, because he's 403 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: not getting that energy energy return yet. You know above 404 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: and Fjord the ones they're able to engineer that and 405 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 1: uh and and in equal the the energy efficiency of 406 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: human limbs then yeah um. And Valori also wrote that Yeah, 407 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: as to the cost, yes, the new fancy ones are 408 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: very dear. But for Vat's returning home from the Wars, 409 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: everything they need is paid for, which is surprising and 410 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: great news if that's the case. Yeah, I think there's 411 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: a there was like a part in the wire where 412 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: they like the last season when they dealt with that, 413 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 1: like dude's getting like prosthetics and she was also writing 414 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: that most new developments in prosthetics can be tracked to 415 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 1: wars so um, World War two equal improvements and knee 416 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: and modular components, Vietnam, equal improvements in MYO electrics, Iraq, Afghanistan, 417 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: targeted reinnervation, and the Dark Behnd. The Dark Behnd. Yeah, Yeah, 418 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: that was a really cool one. Yeah, because basically, if 419 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: you are in that, in the business of sending you know, 420 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: your citizens off to become named in a war, you 421 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: want to send like the message a we will do 422 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: what we everything we can possibly do to you know, 423 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,199 Speaker 1: make life easier when you come back without that hand. Uh. 424 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: And also, you don't want all your veterans standing around 425 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: with no legs because it kind of looks bad for 426 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: new recruits. I mean, seriously, you don't want people sitting 427 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 1: around on boards with with missing limbs. If you've had 428 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: a nice government, you know funded uh, you know, artificial 429 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: leg you know, you're not even going to tell the difference. Yeah. 430 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: So we also heard from Jeremy and Jeremany used to 431 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: work for a company that made dental implants, and he 432 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: was talking about ostio integration. Do you remember what ostio integration. Yeah, 433 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: that's where like titanium and bone. Yeah, yeah, and he 434 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: was saying, um, for some of the dental implants that 435 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 1: he was working on, it took over six months to 436 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: fully integrate, but newer designs got this time done to 437 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 1: like less than three months to fully integrate, and with 438 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: the mechanism was at work to speed up the integration 439 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,640 Speaker 1: was you um dows the surface in an acid bath 440 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 1: to rough it up and make it easier for the 441 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: bone to integrate with the implant, which I thought was 442 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 1: really interesting. So if you know that process isn't occurring 443 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: fast enough, you dump some acid in there and speed 444 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: it up. That's my dad about that, he said, Yeah, 445 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: thanks Jeremy for reading. And uh, let's see, we had 446 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 1: a we had reheard from Amy Claire who wanted to 447 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: let us know that our prosthetic podcast reminded her of 448 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 1: a Flannery O'Connor story that she just been shooting for 449 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: her lips. I always get the titles confused. Good country people, 450 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: good country. I was about to say, good Man is 451 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: hard to find, but that's a different story. Yeah. 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