Were you born a Republican/Democrat or did you just become one?

Platapus · 09-19-08, 07:13 AM

I wonder how much of our tax dollars were spent for this pile of tripe.

http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2...ogical-traits/

"The differences between Democrats and Republicans may form well before you’re able to vote. In fact, you may actually be born with your conservative and liberal views."

"The participants with traditional conservative views — supportive of the Iraq war, death penalty, immigration reform and The Patriot Act — had strong physical reactions to the threatening images of spiders and calm reactions to the non-threatening images of bunnies and happy children."

"Those with more liberal views — low support of Iraq war and higher support of gay marriage, gun control and abortion rights — showed no differences in reaction when viewing the threatening and non-threatening images. They appeared to physically react to the same to an image of a bowl of fruit and one of an open war wound."

“We estimate your biological makeup has a 30 to 40 percent role in how you will vote,” says Alford. “The other portion is how and where you were raised as well as environmental factors”

And this was based on the observation of 46 people. 46! That's all.

Ya know, I remember when science actually meant something. I remember when scientists had to be smart people and they had to follow a pretty strict analytical methodology.

I guess them days is gone. Study based on 46 people. Sad really

So Republicans are afraid of spiders and Democrats can't tell the difference between a kumquat and a bullet wound.

My tax dollars well spent.

09-19-08, 07:13 AM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Were you born a Republican/Democrat or did you just become one? I wonder how much of our tax dollars were spent for this pile of tripe. http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2...ogical-traits/ "The differences between Democrats and Republicans may form well before you’re able to vote. In fact, you may actually be born with your conservative and liberal views." "The participants with traditional conservative views — supportive of the Iraq war, death penalty, immigration reform and The Patriot Act — had strong physical reactions to the threatening images of spiders and calm reactions to the non-threatening images of bunnies and happy children." "Those with more liberal views — low support of Iraq war and higher support of gay marriage, gun control and abortion rights — showed no differences in reaction when viewing the threatening and non-threatening images. They appeared to physically react to the same to an image of a bowl of fruit and one of an open war wound." “We estimate your biological makeup has a 30 to 40 percent role in how you will vote,” says Alford. “The other portion is how and where you were raised as well as environmental factors” And this was based on the observation of 46 people. 46! That's all. Ya know, I remember when science actually meant something. I remember when scientists had to be smart people and they had to follow a pretty strict analytical methodology. I guess them days is gone. Study based on 46 people. Sad really So Republicans are afraid of spiders and Democrats can't tell the difference between a kumquat and a bullet wound. My tax dollars well spent. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.