I'm all for reaching across the aisle and all, but I swear sometimes I think Dems and Repubs are just too plain, damn different to coexist.
Enter neuroscience, discovering that, yes, left-wing brains are different from right-wing ones. To wit, a study out of Northwestern U.:
"Content analysis of 12 key scenes in life stories showed that conservatives, as predicted, tended to depict authority figures as strict enforcers of moral rules and to identify lessons in self-discipline. By contrast, liberals were more likely to identify lessons learned regarding empathy and openness...." HMMM
"Content analysis of 12 key scenes in life stories showed that conservatives, as predicted, tended to depict authority figures as strict enforcers of moral rules and to identify lessons in self-discipline. By contrast, liberals were more likely to identify lessons learned regarding empathy and openness...." HMMM
A country divided indeed.
1 comments:
Very interesting, and also prescient. That explains a lot, indeed, the present state of the debate over health care included.
Wonderful subject, excellent blog. Yes, as you say in #1, 'how come?'
Have you had a chance to read "Lincoln's Melancholy"? People are complicated. If they end up being truly empathetic after all, it is a good thing, however it came to be so.
Keep it up. Please. The world and the Windbag City needs it.
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