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From: tok@stiatl.UUCP (Terry Kane)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Sinister Hackers 8-)
Keywords: Hacker Left Right Hand
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Date: 14 Aug 90 18:02:14 GMT
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geoff@actrix.co.nz (Geoff McCaughan) writes:
>norm is around 10%) often groups of hackers have >50% left handers.
>One group I am associated with has >70%
>
>I would expect hackers to be 'left brain' predominant (Analytical &
>logical thinkers), yet my understanding of left handedness does not
>support this. Could it be that hackers tend to be creative thinkers
>rather than analytical types?

I'd say that you've answered your own question.  Hackers _are_ (imho)
primarily people with strong creative ability with above average
analytical talents... a hacker tends to have a sublime combination of
left and right brain thought processes.
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Terry Kane                                                   gatech!stiatl!tok
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