Republican Brain

[Bravus]

http://www.alternet.org/story/154252/the...nce__and_realit

Stand by for added evidence.

[Neil D]

Quote:

Buried in the Pew report was a little chart showing the relationship between one’s political party affiliation, one’s acceptance that humans are causing global warming, and one’s level of education. And here’s the mind-blowing surprise: For Republicans, having a college degree didn’t appear to make one any more open to what scientists have to say. On the contrary, better-educated Republicans were more skeptical of modern climate science than their less educated brethren. Only 19 percent of college-educated Republicans agreed that the planet is warming due to human actions, versus 31 percent of non-college-educated Republicans.

For Democrats and Independents, the opposite was the case. More education correlated with being more accepting of climate science—among Democrats, dramatically so. The difference in acceptance between more and less educated Democrats was 23 percentage points.

Ah...I am aquainted with "smart idiots"....I can see them quite often in my profession....And you can't tell them anything either....they have to learn thru thier own mistakes...Me, otoh, realises that I can't make every mistake in the book. I learn thru others so that I can keep my mistakes few....It's a goal of mine, I said in a whisper. Other republicans don't have that goal....It a failing of thiers, I said in a whisper....

[Tom Wetmore]

Republicans can't help it... Their brains are hard-wired that way.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/scien...your-brain.html

[Neil D]

Quote:

The results, which will be published next year, back up a study that showed that some people were born with a "Liberal Gene" that makes people more likely to seek out less conventional political views.

The gene, a neurotransmitter in the brain called DRD4, could even be stimulated by the novelty value of radical opinions, claimed the researchers at the University of California

Hmmmmm......let me guess...Liberals also watch Doctor Who on Sci-fy...We all could claim that we have the DRd4 gene....

ok, obscure reference and I don't know what I am talking about...