â??My husbandâ??s left-handed too.â?? The young woman sounded worried. â??Is he going to die young?â?? I couldnâ??t help laughing; here we go again. The story that the average left-hander dies an untimely death has been around for decades. Itâ??s a dark fairy tale thatâ??s proven tenacious for two reasons. Every once in a while a scientist comes along whoâ??s happy to breathe fresh life into it simply for the sake of causing a sensation, but more important, perhaps, is the eagerness with which the vast majority of right-handed people embrace the story every time it crops up. What could be nicer than a good safe shudder? Whether or not itâ??s true isnâ??t really the point. Itâ??s mainly a matter of guilt-free gloating.
