[Flipside]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11880415

My own thoughts are that this is falling into the classic mistake of Correlation vs Causal link.I could be wrong, of course, but it just doesn't set any bells ringing for me. That said I have very long fingers, and my index finger is shorter than my ring finger, so I also have a reason to be biased

[Klaustrophobia]

i wasn't aware anyone had an index finger longer than their ring finger 

[Flipside]

To be honest, neither was I.

[General Battuta]

Digit ratio between second and forth finger is a semi-decent predictor of sexual orientation in women.

[Flipside]

That makes more sense, since it states in the article that the finger length ratio is partly defined by the hormones of the child, but I just find it a bit of leap to take it from that to the likelihood of prostate cancer. Obviously, my medical knowledge on the matter is not pretending to be complete, but considering how low a percentage of males actually have an index finger that is longer than a ring finger, it kind of makes you wonder how these statistics were correlated.

[Ransom]

My left index finger is noticeably longer than my left ring finger but my right one is shorter

what now *****es i am prostate cancer agnostic

[General Battuta]

My left index finger is noticeably longer than my left ring finger but my right one is shorter

what now *****es i am prostate cancer agnostic

[Titan]

My index fingers are about a centimeter shorter then my ring fingers. 

[Ransom]

battuta that is racist against asymmetrical peoples

[General Battuta]

battuta that is racist against asymmetrical peoples

there will be riots amongst the moties! call crazy eddie!

[Kolgena]

Last time I checked, you have to be asymmetrical to be human, unless you have the most gimped up viscera ever.

[iamzack]

My ring fingers are longer than my index fingers, but it's hard to tell by how much because they are both twisted and bent sideways.

[Mika]

And I'm now feminine?!

My hands are atypical. They are wide but short. I have a longer index finger than a ring finger if I straighten the fingers while pointing outwards, but when I put them at rest on the table, ring finger is longer - something had to move, but which one is the correct way to measure? Both index and ring finger are rather close in length to middle finger. If I had to mention a positive side of this, it makes punching with fingers easier. Compared against the rest of the population, it looks like my fingers have smaller average deviation. This is probably a family trait, just like being able to cope with heart rates over 200 and sustain heart rates over 195 considerably longer than the average.

[Nuke]

mine are the same length when pressed palm down on a flat surface, but relaxed my index finger is longer. of course if i hold them in certain positions it seems as though the ring finger is longer.

[MR_T3D]

And I'm now feminine?!

My hands are atypical. They are wide but short. I have a longer index finger than a ring finger if I straighten the fingers while pointing outwards, but when I put them at rest on the table, ring finger is longer - something had to move, but which one is the correct way to measure? Both index and ring finger are rather close in length to middle finger. If I had to mention a positive side of this, it makes punching with fingers easier. Compared against the rest of the population, it looks like my fingers have smaller average deviation. This is probably a family trait, just like being able to cope with heart rates over 200 and sustain heart rates over 195 considerably longer than the average.

laying the hands flat on table is the best way to measure, because people often point, relaxing the hands could leave the index straighter, and look longer.
so basicially a lack of 'male' hormone means that male organ(s) are less suseptable to cancer.  doesn't sound unreasonable, and part of me *thinks* there is a relation to testosterone and prostate, but I'm no biologist, hell, I didn't even take it in Hight school.

[IronBeer]

Left hand: index and ring damn near the same length.

Right hand: index shorter by about a centimeter.

Did anybody else notice a bunch of links in that story to studies claiming possible relations between index:ring finger length ratios and about five other traits?
What's up with that? 

[General Battuta]

Digit ratios are linked to prenatal hormone exposure.

However, a source has suggested to me that this story is ****. More later.

[Mongoose]

I've heard that if your hand is bigger than your face, you have cancer.

*waits for it*

[Dilmah G]

Oh man, I still remember falling for that one in seventh grade.

[General Battuta]

Okay, I'm kinda trying to get this...positioned right...doesn't seem like I have cancer...