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Subject: Re: On Lefthandedness
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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
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Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam