Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!sun!amdahl!gam From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (gam) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.books Subject: Re: On Lefthandedness Message-ID: <1218@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Mar-85 03:06:15 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.1218 Posted: Sat Mar 2 03:06:15 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:11:50 EST References: <1183@amdahl.UUCP> Organization: Blue Mouse Trailer Resort, Hellmouth, CA Lines: 24 Xref: watmath net.flame:8651 net.books:1537 I was mistaken in my previous statement about "life at its basic level is left-handed" (sounded nice, though). Here is a correction I got in the mail: > True, all amino acids used in proteins are Left-handed. (Levorotary) > However, all sugars are Right Handed. (Dextrorotary) > And you need both amino acids and sugars to survive (also fats use > D-glycerol, so they are essentially right-handed as well.) > > So life is at it's basic level ambidextrous! He did offer this condolence, however: > The only thing that you can really say is the following cliche: > "Since the body is controlled by the opposite hemisphere of the > brain, that means that only left-handers are in their right mind." I don't think it would be a legal problem to include the author's name. > Craig Werner > !philabs!aecom!werner -- Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam