tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017779059424339473.post6183033010845008552..comments2023-11-03T02:33:13.475-07:00Comments on Librocrats - Designed Intelligent: Conservatives and Liberals have Different BrainsLibrocrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04528194520170842038noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017779059424339473.post-92090060158690362712007-10-24T11:10:00.000-07:002007-10-24T11:10:00.000-07:00It could just be bad article writing though. The ...It could just be bad article writing though. The question could easily have read: "Do you consider yourself socially liberal (pro-choice, for gay rights) or socially conservative (pro-life, gay rights opponent)"<BR/><BR/>I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but it doesn't seem like what you said would not have been taken into account with serious researchers. The journalist may have simply omitted the specificity of the question.Librocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528194520170842038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017779059424339473.post-79083193457618093922007-10-24T02:58:00.000-07:002007-10-24T02:58:00.000-07:00yes, but the study is based on people who identify...yes, but the study is based on people who identify themselves as conservative or liberal.<BR/><BR/>Those terms have become completely skewed in most people's minds to mean Republican or Democrat.<BR/><BR/>I just don't like those two labels. They've been skewed and no longer mean anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017779059424339473.post-76939581782303420882007-10-23T11:44:00.000-07:002007-10-23T11:44:00.000-07:00It also implies a relaxed attitude towards things,...It also implies a relaxed attitude towards things, which obviously reflects on decision making choice, and equally so on political affiliation.<BR/><BR/>Still, the idea that conservativism (and, conversely, liberalism) can be at least partially hardwired into the brain is interesting in itself.Librocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528194520170842038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8017779059424339473.post-70711236994112001822007-10-23T00:19:00.000-07:002007-10-23T00:19:00.000-07:00Most thinking people are by definition "liberal".T...Most thinking people are by definition "liberal".<BR/><BR/>The political connotations have skewed the usage of the word.<BR/><BR/>I can't make heads or tails of this article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com