Of course there is a scientific explanation. And it’s as follows:
Hands, like feet (but the reading of soles was banned in 1921 due to the proliferation of accidents), are extremities, that’s to say, terminal points of the body. And as all border limits, human’s extremities are checkpoints where you have to declare everything. You’ve got to declare everything in your hands. And you do so through the lines that cross the palms. That’s it.
What do you mean what kind of scientific explanation is this?! It’s thanks to this type of scientific reasoning that John Bardeen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for explaining how transistors work!
