I grew up writing English left-handed, which causes you to unintentionally smear the ink of whatever you've just written. How did Hebrew catch on as being written right-to-left if the same exact problem would be mirrored with their right hand?

by serenity78

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A related question, Why did some languages develop right to left reading style while the majority went left to right?, contains an answer from /u/thorspinkhammer that suggests they chiseled letters instead of writing them with ink.