A little while ago we did a Skeptoid episode about the facts and fiction surrounding those

who are left-handed.

And one of the science findings was that left-handed people have shorter average life spans, mainly

due to accidents involving equipment designed for right-handers.

Well, so many of you had heard contradictory findings that I decided it was time for

another listener feedback show.

This time, focusing on lefties and their troubles.

And that's coming right up on Skeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Listener feedback, death of the lefties.

Once again, we open the mailbag and hand the microphone over to you, the listeners.

We have two types of feedback episodes here on Skeptoid, those correcting errors in regular

episodes, and those like this one where you provide additional information that enhances

some of the past shows.

Or as you'll see in one or two examples today, say something nutty that's neither helpful

nor a correction, but that still bears a mention for the purpose of discussion.

And so, without further ado, let's open our first envelope.

I'd like to start with something that I heard about a thousand times following the last

listener feedback episode, which I titled Provisos, Addenda, and Quid Pro Quos.

Suddenly, everyone fancied themselves a Latin pedant and had to correct me that it's

properly Quid's Pro Quo, not Quid Pro Quos.

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