Both Parties Ignore the Facts 803
An anonymous reader writes "Any democrat will tell you the republicans ignore the facts. Any republican will tell you the democrats ignore the facts. Turns out they're right. A new study monitored brain activity of partisans; they shun logic and use emotional processing centers to justify their candidate's contradictory statements. 'With their minds made up, brain activity ceased in the areas that deal with negative emotions such as disgust. But activity spiked in the circuits involved in reward, a response similar to what addicts experience when they get a fix.'"
Facts (Score:5, Funny)
Heh (Score:5, Funny)
Instead of a War on Drugs, we have a War, on drugs.
Re: Who on Earth would want to be a Politician? (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, though I don't know why you specify 'today'.
Re:Seen in brain scans of prayers too. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ah ha! (Score:2, Funny)
In Other News... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:One of the evils of political parties... (Score:5, Funny)
But this maxim still does apply: The Democratic Party is the stupid party, the Republican Party is the selfish party. So if anything is bipartisan it must be both stupid and selfish.
Re:Acknowledge the other side (Score:5, Funny)
Acknowledging when someone else is correct is good for you and good for relations.
Bullshit. You couldn't be more wrong.
Libertarians (Score:5, Funny)
Reagan put it best. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ignoring the Facts: defining "authoritarian" (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Everyone ignores facts (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ignoring the Facts: defining "authoritarian" (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Libertarian party came in fourth place in 2004 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ignoring the Facts: defining "authoritarian" (Score:3, Funny)
But it doesn't happen to me! I'm different, and always view things based solely on logic. Mmm... It doesn't happen to me. It doesn't happen to me. I'm purely rational, never emotional. Oh yeah, that's the stuff. Right in the pleasure centers... It doesn't happen to me...