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Fascinating article on the differences between liberals and conservatives
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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4099047" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>Did you follow up on the links to the referenced studies and surveys? That would have taken more than 5 minutes. Or did you simply accept the conclusions drawn by the author from the reference materials because it reinforces what you plainly stated you already believe.</p><p></p><p>I don't put a lot of stock into "studies" and surveys that try to draw conclusions about particilar groups of people because the groups are always arbitrary and defined by a particular person according to their understanding of what characteristics define that group. As such those "studies" are prone to circular logic and self-fulfilling prophecy. The person conducting the study, or the author drawing conclusions from the study, thinks that conservatives are more fearful, so they view any fearful response as being conservative, hence from a conservative person.</p><p></p><p>I am an idividualist, and find that grouping individuals together along poorly defined, arbitrary lines utterly meaningless and self-defeating. Granted, I fall into the trap of referring to groups of people as a means of streamlining communication, but I know traits that are attributed to groups are meaningless on the individual level.</p><p></p><p>The section about brain differences was lacking in both detail and any hint that the author understands brain function. The amygdala is reaponsible for quite a bit more than simply processing and experiencing fear. This quote "This aligns with the idea that feeling afraid makes people lean more to the right" perfectly demostrates the use of circular logic in the author's approach. They ignore all the other processes involved in active amygdalas and zero in on the one point that meets their own standards for what supports their argument.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure I could spend a lot more time reviewing the references, and pointing out flaws in either the source material, or the author's understanding and presentation of it, but I'm done with that for now.</p><p></p><p>One last thing:</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> is a hateful word, not very liberal of you. Did you know that there was a study that proved that liberals are just as intolerant as they claim conservatives to be?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4099047, member: 63706"] Did you follow up on the links to the referenced studies and surveys? That would have taken more than 5 minutes. Or did you simply accept the conclusions drawn by the author from the reference materials because it reinforces what you plainly stated you already believe. I don't put a lot of stock into "studies" and surveys that try to draw conclusions about particilar groups of people because the groups are always arbitrary and defined by a particular person according to their understanding of what characteristics define that group. As such those "studies" are prone to circular logic and self-fulfilling prophecy. The person conducting the study, or the author drawing conclusions from the study, thinks that conservatives are more fearful, so they view any fearful response as being conservative, hence from a conservative person. I am an idividualist, and find that grouping individuals together along poorly defined, arbitrary lines utterly meaningless and self-defeating. Granted, I fall into the trap of referring to groups of people as a means of streamlining communication, but I know traits that are attributed to groups are meaningless on the individual level. The section about brain differences was lacking in both detail and any hint that the author understands brain function. The amygdala is reaponsible for quite a bit more than simply processing and experiencing fear. This quote "This aligns with the idea that feeling afraid makes people lean more to the right" perfectly demostrates the use of circular logic in the author's approach. They ignore all the other processes involved in active amygdalas and zero in on the one point that meets their own standards for what supports their argument. I'm sure I could spend a lot more time reviewing the references, and pointing out flaws in either the source material, or the author's understanding and presentation of it, but I'm done with that for now. One last thing: :censored: is a hateful word, not very liberal of you. Did you know that there was a study that proved that liberals are just as intolerant as they claim conservatives to be? [/QUOTE]
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