ELI5-Why did Arabic and Hebrew develop as a right-to-left written script when the majority of people of right handed?

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To add to the question most religions of the time saw the left hand as a bad thing, so I’m assuming everyone regardless of dominance used their right hand. Also, wouldn’t the writing from right-to-left cause smudge errors in the script similar to how lefties get the “grey palm” when writing?

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The first writing was not with ink but by carving stone and pressing sticks into clay. Neither smudge. Paint can smear but you don’t paint with your palm against whatever you’re painting.

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