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Boys with Longer Ring Fingers are Better at Math

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the don't-ask-how-we-know dept.

slashthedot writes "While it is well known that boys have longer ring fingers as compared to index fingers, now some researchers say that the longer the ring finger ratio to index finger, the better boys are at math. In girls, the shorter the ring finger to index finger ratio, the better is their verbal skills. 'The link, according to the researchers, is that testosterone levels in the womb influence both finger length and brain development.'"

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  1. 2 girls for every boy by SPickett · · Score: 5, Funny

    The beach boys gave boys all the math they'll ever need. And, it isn't related to the index finger or ring finger, but rather to the finger in between.

  2. Fantastic! by codesurfer · · Score: 5, Funny

    A little different that my usual pickup line, but what the heck!

  3. Obligatory innuendo by BakaHoushi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somehow, I doubt Freud's work would be as widely known if he had come up with "ring finger envy."

    In other news, men around the world replied to the findings with a cry of "Oh yeah? You should see my OTHER ratio." Women world around responded by placing their foreheads in their palms and sighing.

    1. Re:Obligatory innuendo by Poromenos1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Actually Freud's "penis envy" doesn't mean what you think it means, but we managed to attach the label to something else! Bonus points to Freud for a catchy name.

      It originally meant the supposed reaction of a girl when she finds out she does not have a penis. I don't see what the big fuss is, though, most girls get penises later on in their lives, if only part-time. Mod me interesting for starting this post with psychology and ending with porn!

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  4. Re:ATT: Mathbots by suv4x4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a huge cock.
    Nature saw fit to bless some of us more than others, enjoy your prime numbers nerds!

    Hi, I'm a prime number nerd [adjusts glasses]. Actually having a huge male sex organs could lead to great difficulty making sex with most women. It may not enter fully, and requires significantly more foreplay than average to average-big organs. Also statistics show that girls normally don't enjoy pushing their ovaries in their throat during sex.

    Therefore, I must conclude it's better to have long fingers, as they not only make you better at math, but better at playing piano. Both of which could lead to a better financial situation, and every nerd knows it's easy to score if you're rich, while it's much harder to score waving your wang around and pointing out how big it is.

  5. F1nger en1argemnt by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dissatisfied with your r1ng f1nger? We can help you...

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  6. Re:ATT: Mathbots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    my prime: 611111111113
    your prime: 6113

  7. Verbal skills by uradu · · Score: 5, Funny

    > In girls, the shorter the ring finger to index finger ratio, the better is their verbal skills.

    Well, this obviously was written by a boy with an extremely long ring finger then.

  8. I'd say by saibot834 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The more fingers you have, the farther you can count.

  9. Re:ATT: Mathbots by An+ominous+Cow+art · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear that taking v1111111agra will do that.

  10. Re:ATT: Mathbots by BrokenHalo · · Score: 5, Funny

    The type of men women want to fsck and the...

    Hold it right there. I have met a few women in the course of my (relatively long in terms of Slashdot readership) lifetime who are happy and generous enough to go in for a jolly fuck here and there.

    But I have never, NOT EVEN ONCE, found a lady whose ulterior motive was to check my filesystems.

    Which, I might add, suits me just fine.