Math Problem
Jan. 28th, 2003 10:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miko2Statistically, according to the Left-Hander's Calendar that I got for Christmas (which btw I'm convinced was assembled by a bitter right-hander with no brain), when both parents are right-handed, the chance of having a left-handed kid is 2%. When one is left-handed, the chance is 17%. When both are left-handed, the percentage is 50%.
Never mind where these stats come from. We can trust a badly constructed info calandar, right?
So let's assume that 10% of the population is left-handed, which is what I kind of remember is the figure people usually toss about. Unless I'm getting that confused with the 10% that are gay. But anyway, assume with me that this is true.
Now, let's assume that only lefthanders marry lefthanders, and only righthanders marry righthanders.
Now, let's assume that right handed couples have an average of 2 kids, but left handed couples have an average of 10 kids.
Question: How long before there are enough lefthanders in the world that we can rise up and throw off the oppression of righthandedness that we suffer under daily?
That is all. ^_^
BTW, today's oh-so-useful lefthanded fact: "The first recorded Siamese twins, born in 1811, were linked at the waist. They were named Chang and Eng, which means "right" and "left"".
Now, aside from this being a very sad story (who wants to go through life with the name "Left" simply because you're always to the left of your twin?), can anyone tell me how this relates to being left handed?
NO. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T.
Maybe I should keep you all abreast of these amazing left-handed facts from my stupid calandar, like how I'm 30% more likely to be injured at work due to being left handed... what a comforting thought that is. Or the entry that mentioned that Tim Allen was left handed, then described in great detail his role in that Star Trek parody movie (can't remember the name at the moment). As if details about a movie role he played are interesting? And relate to being left-handed somehow? Hello? Wouldn't something about, you know, TIM ALLEN HIMSELF be a little more interesting and relevant?
Like I said, a bitter right-hander with no brain. And a complete inability to do research.
Anyway, all for now!
Never mind where these stats come from. We can trust a badly constructed info calandar, right?
So let's assume that 10% of the population is left-handed, which is what I kind of remember is the figure people usually toss about. Unless I'm getting that confused with the 10% that are gay. But anyway, assume with me that this is true.
Now, let's assume that only lefthanders marry lefthanders, and only righthanders marry righthanders.
Now, let's assume that right handed couples have an average of 2 kids, but left handed couples have an average of 10 kids.
Question: How long before there are enough lefthanders in the world that we can rise up and throw off the oppression of righthandedness that we suffer under daily?
That is all. ^_^
BTW, today's oh-so-useful lefthanded fact: "The first recorded Siamese twins, born in 1811, were linked at the waist. They were named Chang and Eng, which means "right" and "left"".
Now, aside from this being a very sad story (who wants to go through life with the name "Left" simply because you're always to the left of your twin?), can anyone tell me how this relates to being left handed?
NO. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T.
Maybe I should keep you all abreast of these amazing left-handed facts from my stupid calandar, like how I'm 30% more likely to be injured at work due to being left handed... what a comforting thought that is. Or the entry that mentioned that Tim Allen was left handed, then described in great detail his role in that Star Trek parody movie (can't remember the name at the moment). As if details about a movie role he played are interesting? And relate to being left-handed somehow? Hello? Wouldn't something about, you know, TIM ALLEN HIMSELF be a little more interesting and relevant?
Like I said, a bitter right-hander with no brain. And a complete inability to do research.
Anyway, all for now!
