Is "Left" Vs. "Right" Hard-coded Into Your Brain? 758
New submitter kyjellyfish writes "Research published in the journal PLOS ONE, suggests that your parents 'Left
or 'Right' party affiliations are not the only factor at work shaping a person's political identity. Differences in opinion between 'Lefties' and 'Righties' may reflect specific physiological processes. In research performed over 10 years ago, brain scans showed that London cab drivers' gray matter grew larger to help them store a mental map of the city."
From the article: "Other scans have shown that brain regions associated with risk and uncertainty, such as the fear-processing amygdala, differ in structure in liberals and conservatives. And different architecture means different behavior. Liberals tend to seek out novelty and uncertainty, while conservatives exhibit strong changes in attitude to threatening situations. The former are more willing to accept risk, while the latter tends to have more intense physical reactions to threatening stimuli."
So what the article is saying... (Score:4, Funny)
So what the article is saying is that conservatives are pussies. Gotchya.
Re:So what the article is saying... (Score:5, Funny)
No, the article says that conservatives are corrupt, authoritarian fascists, and that liberals are drug taking, fuck-anything-that-moves, dirty hippies
Re:So what the article is saying... (Score:5, Funny)
We like to call ourselves Libertarian.
Re:So what the article is saying... (Score:5, Funny)
> I'm glad I don't have a visa...
So are we :-)
Re:So what the article is saying... (Score:5, Funny)
I've never heard of the bucket-filling concept before. It sounds ever so childish.
It seems like a very dangerous thing, this encouraging kindergarten kids to say nice things about each other. Far better they be trained to use free-speech to be nasty to each other, and defend themselves from the nastiness of others with guns.
Re:Fixed it (Score:4, Funny)