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Have you read the study why Democrats are different than Republicans? What do you think?
"Using data from MRI scans, researchers at the University College London found that self-described liberals have a larger anterior cingulate cortex--a gray matter of the brain associated with understanding complexity. Meanwhile, self-described conservatives are more likely to have a larger amygdala, an almond-shaped area that is associated with fear and anxiety."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110411/p...
I suspect it is correct primarily because Democrats are better educated.
"Democrats are not better educated....simply not the truth. (go research what you say)"
You don't know me very well! I always research what I say. Beyond that, yours is not an answer.
"I don't think you can take less than 100 people and generalize about millions of others. I have seen conservatives that are far more intelligent than liberals"
Well polls are generally conducted with 1,000 telephone interviews, yet they use those polls for this whole country.
While I agree, this is an ongoing investigation, no one can say that an MRI is as "Unscientific" as a people poll. The data is there and it is very reliable. These studies are not done. I don't think Republicans are stupid or uneducated for the most part. I think they have screwed up values and agenda's for America, and they do not have America, or it's people, as there main interest. I think they are greedy and self-serving, many who are narcissistic and could care less about the common good. Liberals on the other hand generally think about the welfare of all people, not a measly 500 who own more than 155 million Americans combined. That is sick!
I think Republicans are fear based and they use it a lot.
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- stratm663Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
the single most important observation IMO was that republicans brains are geared towards fear...makes perfect sense IMO...
yeah i read it...had read some articles on this prior also...they all said the same thing...
republicans are afraid and libs are open minded...nothing we didn't already know..LOL
but science is now validating this....
- smsmith500Lv 71 decade ago
I don't think you can take less than 100 people and generalize about millions of others. I have seen conservatives that are far more intelligent than liberals. But i guess it makes the libs feel good. Yet another "scientific" study.
- plazmaplannaLv 41 decade ago
Democrats are not better educated....simply not the truth. (go research what you say)
Democrats generally have a lesser understanding of the goings on of the world.
http://www.livescience.com/8067-survey-republicans...
To site your own source...
"It's very unlikely that actual political orientation is directly encoded in these brain regions,"
Your census sources does not directly correlate education to political party.
I am assuming you are going by which are blue and which are red. That model leaves a lot of error to be held.
Here is more what you are looking for:
http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=539
Which basicly shows it's about even....
The least educated swing democrat a bit
The highest educated swing democrat
The generally (Bachelors Degree) educated swing republican
Overall it's about even...
- 1 decade ago
hmmmm let,s see george bush,al gore,newt ginrich,bill clinton,robert kennedy,richard nixon. nah they all think alike. ha ha ha
