Wow, now I feel offended. Why should which hand a person is dominant in make any difference in income? New study from the University of Harvard says, "left-handed people are more likely to work in manual labor and make less money then right-handed peers" (Vaughn). This is research was conducted by Josh Goodman. I encourage you to watch the video instead of reading the article, but its your choice.
Is there difference in left and right handed people? There could be differences, but that should not lead to right-handed people making more money. The brain is wired differently for everyone. While left-handed people fall under the emotional, creative, and imaginative mode, right-handed people are interested in mathematics, logic, and language. But how does this lead to the issue in money? Well I not find the answer in this article.
Let me list couple of left-handed people for you.
Goodman did his study and research, but never explained his study, He kept saying, "My data" this and "My data" that. How did he go with his research? What kind of test and experiments did he implement? Where did he get his information from? But don't luck out yet lefties. Data will only go so far and with enough hard work you can get anywhere. Same for right-handed people.
Joel signing off...
Is there difference in left and right handed people? There could be differences, but that should not lead to right-handed people making more money. The brain is wired differently for everyone. While left-handed people fall under the emotional, creative, and imaginative mode, right-handed people are interested in mathematics, logic, and language. But how does this lead to the issue in money? Well I not find the answer in this article.
Let me list couple of left-handed people for you.
- Barack Obama, James Garfield, Henry Truman, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton
- Bill Gates
- Oprah Winfrey
- Aristotle
Goodman did his study and research, but never explained his study, He kept saying, "My data" this and "My data" that. How did he go with his research? What kind of test and experiments did he implement? Where did he get his information from? But don't luck out yet lefties. Data will only go so far and with enough hard work you can get anywhere. Same for right-handed people.
Joel signing off...
Sorry for being the devil's advocate here, but he stated vaguely where he got his data from, and even if he didn't, I would argue that he didn't really need to in a news interview. He wasn't asked for that.
ReplyDeleteAlso, this is a short news interview, not a scientific meeting - he not only had just enough time to get to the point, and again, he was answering an interviewer's questions.
If you are serious about finding what his sources were, how he performed his study, all that jazz, you judge him by his writeup, not a short interview designed for public viewing. http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.28.4.193