Were you born a liberal? Scientists say they can predict with 95 percent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture and then...

Glaucon

Scientists say they can predict with 95 percent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture and then studying how your brain responds to the image. Furthermore, studies show that political orientation may be as inheritance-based as height.
According to New Scientist, increasing evidence indicates that the sense of disgust is closely aligned with a persons political orientation. People who land on the conservative end of the spectrum have a more easily aroused sense of disgust than their liberal counterparts.
A team of scientists at Virginia Tech led by researcher Read Montague found that people who are more likely to sit on the right side of the political spectrum have a higher sensitivity to disgusting pictures like bodily waste, gore or the remains of dead animals.
These individuals also showed a greater preoccupation with ideas of bodily and spiritual purity and as a result tended to oppose things they view as unclean like same-sex marriage and abortion.
In their study published Thursday in the Cell Press journal Current Biology Montagues team took a group of 83 volunteers and performed fMRI brain imaging scans on them as the test subjects viewed a series of images. Some were disgusting, others threatening. Some were neutral and others pleasant.
After the images of their brain activity were recorded, the volunteers answered a questionnaire about a series of social and political issues, asking them to rate themselves on a continuum from very liberal to very conservative.
In a press release about the study, Montague said, A single disgusting image was sufficient to predict each subjects political orientation. I havent seen such clean predictive results in any other functional imaging experiments in our lab or others.
When confronted with disgusting images, the people who classified themselves as conservatives showed increased brain activity in brain regions associated with disgust the basal ganglia and amygdala as well as in a complex network of regions involved in emotional self-control, information processing and attention. Liberals showed increased activity in their own brains, but in a diverse array of areas.
In fact, Montague told New Scientist, the responses in the brain are so strong that we can predict with 95 per cent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture. This was surprising as there are no other reports where peoples response to just one stimulus predicts anything behaviorally interesting.
The teams findings also indicate that since the structure and function of these areas of the brain are almost entirely determined by genetics, political leanings may be something we mostly inherit from our parents, just as much as height and hair color.

mwdegutis Loc: Illinois

Glaucon wrote:

Scientists say they can predict with 95 percent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture and then studying how your brain responds to the image. Furthermore, studies show that political orientation may be as inheritance-based as height.
According to New Scientist, increasing evidence indicates that the sense of disgust is closely aligned with a persons political orientation. People who land on the conservative end of the spectrum have a more easily aroused sense of disgust than their liberal counterparts.
A team of scientists at Virginia Tech led by researcher Read Montague found that people who are more likely to sit on the right side of the political spectrum have a higher sensitivity to disgusting pictures like bodily waste, gore or the remains of dead animals.
These individuals also showed a greater preoccupation with ideas of bodily and spiritual purity and as a result tended to oppose things they view as unclean like same-sex marriage and abortion.
In their study published Thursday in the Cell Press journal Current Biology Montagues team took a group of 83 volunteers and performed fMRI brain imaging scans on them as the test subjects viewed a series of images. Some were disgusting, others threatening. Some were neutral and others pleasant.
After the images of their brain activity were recorded, the volunteers answered a questionnaire about a series of social and political issues, asking them to rate themselves on a continuum from very liberal to very conservative.
In a press release about the study, Montague said, A single disgusting image was sufficient to predict each subjects political orientation. I havent seen such clean predictive results in any other functional imaging experiments in our lab or others.
When confronted with disgusting images, the people who classified themselves as conservatives showed increased brain activity in brain regions associated with disgust the basal ganglia and amygdala as well as in a complex network of regions involved in emotional self-control, information processing and attention. Liberals showed increased activity in their own brains, but in a diverse array of areas.
In fact, Montague told New Scientist, the responses in the brain are so strong that we can predict with 95 per cent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture. This was surprising as there are no other reports where peoples response to just one stimulus predicts anything behaviorally interesting.
The teams findings also indicate that since the structure and function of these areas of the brain are almost entirely determined by genetics, political leanings may be something we mostly inherit from our parents, just as much as height and hair color.

Scientists say they can predict with 95 percent a... (show quote)

I can tell where you fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by asking you just ONE question:

Do you want to be left alone or do you want to tell people what to do?

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

Glaucon wrote:

Scientists say they can predict with 95 percent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture and then studying how your brain responds to the image. Furthermore, studies show that political orientation may be as inheritance-based as height.
According to New Scientist, increasing evidence indicates that the sense of disgust is closely aligned with a persons political orientation. People who land on the conservative end of the spectrum have a more easily aroused sense of disgust than their liberal counterparts.
A team of scientists at Virginia Tech led by researcher Read Montague found that people who are more likely to sit on the right side of the political spectrum have a higher sensitivity to disgusting pictures like bodily waste, gore or the remains of dead animals.
These individuals also showed a greater preoccupation with ideas of bodily and spiritual purity and as a result tended to oppose things they view as unclean like same-sex marriage and abortion.
In their study published Thursday in the Cell Press journal Current Biology Montagues team took a group of 83 volunteers and performed fMRI brain imaging scans on them as the test subjects viewed a series of images. Some were disgusting, others threatening. Some were neutral and others pleasant.
After the images of their brain activity were recorded, the volunteers answered a questionnaire about a series of social and political issues, asking them to rate themselves on a continuum from very liberal to very conservative.
In a press release about the study, Montague said, A single disgusting image was sufficient to predict each subjects political orientation. I havent seen such clean predictive results in any other functional imaging experiments in our lab or others.
When confronted with disgusting images, the people who classified themselves as conservatives showed increased brain activity in brain regions associated with disgust the basal ganglia and amygdala as well as in a complex network of regions involved in emotional self-control, information processing and attention. Liberals showed increased activity in their own brains, but in a diverse array of areas.
In fact, Montague told New Scientist, the responses in the brain are so strong that we can predict with 95 per cent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture. This was surprising as there are no other reports where peoples response to just one stimulus predicts anything behaviorally interesting.
The teams findings also indicate that since the structure and function of these areas of the brain are almost entirely determined by genetics, political leanings may be something we mostly inherit from our parents, just as much as height and hair color.

Scientists say they can predict with 95 percent a... (show quote)

These are the same "scientists" that tell you man made climate change is no longer questionable - liberals use of scientists to tell them what they hope to hear is amusing - I even love the Obama science that, at core, states that civilians are not capable of transmitting ebola, but soldiers are.

grace scott

mwdegutis wrote:

I can tell where you fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by asking you just ONE question:

Do you want to be left alone or do you want to tell people what to do?

I think you have hit on something here. I want to be left alone to do my own thing. I won't tell you what to do, if you won't tell me what to do. I am a liberal.

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

All children are born liberal and then some grow up and become conservative, when are you going to grow up?

Glaucon wrote:

Scientists say they can predict with 95 percent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture and then studying how your brain responds to the image. Furthermore, studies show that political orientation may be as inheritance-based as height.
According to New Scientist, increasing evidence indicates that the sense of disgust is closely aligned with a persons political orientation. People who land on the conservative end of the spectrum have a more easily aroused sense of disgust than their liberal counterparts.
A team of scientists at Virginia Tech led by researcher Read Montague found that people who are more likely to sit on the right side of the political spectrum have a higher sensitivity to disgusting pictures like bodily waste, gore or the remains of dead animals.
These individuals also showed a greater preoccupation with ideas of bodily and spiritual purity and as a result tended to oppose things they view as unclean like same-sex marriage and abortion.
In their study published Thursday in the Cell Press journal Current Biology Montagues team took a group of 83 volunteers and performed fMRI brain imaging scans on them as the test subjects viewed a series of images. Some were disgusting, others threatening. Some were neutral and others pleasant.
After the images of their brain activity were recorded, the volunteers answered a questionnaire about a series of social and political issues, asking them to rate themselves on a continuum from very liberal to very conservative.
In a press release about the study, Montague said, A single disgusting image was sufficient to predict each subjects political orientation. I havent seen such clean predictive results in any other functional imaging experiments in our lab or others.
When confronted with disgusting images, the people who classified themselves as conservatives showed increased brain activity in brain regions associated with disgust the basal ganglia and amygdala as well as in a complex network of regions involved in emotional self-control, information processing and attention. Liberals showed increased activity in their own brains, but in a diverse array of areas.
In fact, Montague told New Scientist, the responses in the brain are so strong that we can predict with 95 per cent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture. This was surprising as there are no other reports where peoples response to just one stimulus predicts anything behaviorally interesting.
The teams findings also indicate that since the structure and function of these areas of the brain are almost entirely determined by genetics, political leanings may be something we mostly inherit from our parents, just as much as height and hair color.

Scientists say they can predict with 95 percent a... (show quote)

Retired669

Glaucon wrote:

Scientists say they can predict with 95 percent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture and then studying how your brain responds to the image. Furthermore, studies show that political orientation may be as inheritance-based as height.
According to New Scientist, increasing evidence indicates that the sense of disgust is closely aligned with a persons political orientation. People who land on the conservative end of the spectrum have a more easily aroused sense of disgust than their liberal counterparts.
A team of scientists at Virginia Tech led by researcher Read Montague found that people who are more likely to sit on the right side of the political spectrum have a higher sensitivity to disgusting pictures like bodily waste, gore or the remains of dead animals.
These individuals also showed a greater preoccupation with ideas of bodily and spiritual purity and as a result tended to oppose things they view as unclean like same-sex marriage and abortion.
In their study published Thursday in the Cell Press journal Current Biology Montagues team took a group of 83 volunteers and performed fMRI brain imaging scans on them as the test subjects viewed a series of images. Some were disgusting, others threatening. Some were neutral and others pleasant.
After the images of their brain activity were recorded, the volunteers answered a questionnaire about a series of social and political issues, asking them to rate themselves on a continuum from very liberal to very conservative.
In a press release about the study, Montague said, A single disgusting image was sufficient to predict each subjects political orientation. I havent seen such clean predictive results in any other functional imaging experiments in our lab or others.
When confronted with disgusting images, the people who classified themselves as conservatives showed increased brain activity in brain regions associated with disgust the basal ganglia and amygdala as well as in a complex network of regions involved in emotional self-control, information processing and attention. Liberals showed increased activity in their own brains, but in a diverse array of areas.
In fact, Montague told New Scientist, the responses in the brain are so strong that we can predict with 95 per cent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture. This was surprising as there are no other reports where peoples response to just one stimulus predicts anything behaviorally interesting.
The teams findings also indicate that since the structure and function of these areas of the brain are almost entirely determined by genetics, political leanings may be something we mostly inherit from our parents, just as much as height and hair color.

Scientists say they can predict with 95 percent a... (show quote)

I was born an American period. I believe in going forward not backwards. Just like in my truck(D) for forward, (R) for reverse. It really is that simple. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

mwdegutis Loc: Illinois

grace scott wrote:

I think you have hit on something here. I want to be left alone to do my own thing. I won't tell you what to do, if you won't tell me what to do. I am a liberal.

Your mistaken...you're conservative and didn't know it.

mwdegutis Loc: Illinois

Retired669 wrote:

I was born an American period. I believe in going forward not backwards. Just like in my truck(D) for forward, (R) for reverse. It really is that simple. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

(D) for dumb and (R) for retarded, ergo Retarded666...and don't forget your retarded signature every time you post... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Glaucon

mwdegutis wrote:

I can tell where you fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by asking you just ONE question:

Do you want to be left alone or do you want to tell people what to do?

That is simple (probably not as simple as you), I want to be left alone when I want to be left alone and I want to tell people what to do when I want to tell people what to do. What is your point?

Retired669

mwdegutis wrote:

(D) for dumb and (R) for retarded, ergo Retarded666...and don't forget your retarded signature every time you post... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

I had it right the first time dumbass. A majority want to move forward not backwards like you idiots do. Try driving around in (R) and see how far your stupid ass gets moron.

FI.... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Caboose Loc: South Carolina

Glaucon wrote:

Scientists say they can predict with 95 percent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture and then studying how your brain responds to the image. Furthermore, studies show that political orientation may be as inheritance-based as height.
According to New Scientist, increasing evidence indicates that the sense of disgust is closely aligned with a persons political orientation. People who land on the conservative end of the spectrum have a more easily aroused sense of disgust than their liberal counterparts.
A team of scientists at Virginia Tech led by researcher Read Montague found that people who are more likely to sit on the right side of the political spectrum have a higher sensitivity to disgusting pictures like bodily waste, gore or the remains of dead animals.
These individuals also showed a greater preoccupation with ideas of bodily and spiritual purity and as a result tended to oppose things they view as unclean like same-sex marriage and abortion.
In their study published Thursday in the Cell Press journal Current Biology Montagues team took a group of 83 volunteers and performed fMRI brain imaging scans on them as the test subjects viewed a series of images. Some were disgusting, others threatening. Some were neutral and others pleasant.
After the images of their brain activity were recorded, the volunteers answered a questionnaire about a series of social and political issues, asking them to rate themselves on a continuum from very liberal to very conservative.
In a press release about the study, Montague said, A single disgusting image was sufficient to predict each subjects political orientation. I havent seen such clean predictive results in any other functional imaging experiments in our lab or others.
When confronted with disgusting images, the people who classified themselves as conservatives showed increased brain activity in brain regions associated with disgust the basal ganglia and amygdala as well as in a complex network of regions involved in emotional self-control, information processing and attention. Liberals showed increased activity in their own brains, but in a diverse array of areas.
In fact, Montague told New Scientist, the responses in the brain are so strong that we can predict with 95 per cent accuracy where youll fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum by showing you just one picture. This was surprising as there are no other reports where peoples response to just one stimulus predicts anything behaviorally interesting.
The teams findings also indicate that since the structure and function of these areas of the brain are almost entirely determined by genetics, political leanings may be something we mostly inherit from our parents, just as much as height and hair color.

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So you want to blame your retarded mind on God?

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

grace scott wrote:

I think you have hit on something here. I want to be left alone to do my own thing. I won't tell you what to do, if you won't tell me what to do. I am a liberal.

Then you are a Liberal in the true sense of the word, a JFK Liberal Democrat, not a leftist Progressive Socialist.

grace scott

mwdegutis wrote:

Your mistaken...you're conservative and didn't know it.

What have I done to you? How dare you insult me like this. Actually, according to a questionnaire I completed on here, I am a left leaning centralist.

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

grace scott wrote:

What have I done to you? How dare you insult me like this. Actually, according to a questionnaire I completed on here, I am a left leaning centralist.

Easy Gracie, he wasn't insulting you, just pointing out you aren't a lefty Progressive Socialist. :lol:

grace scott

Old_Gringo wrote:

Easy Gracie, he wasn't insulting you, just pointing out you aren't a lefty Progressive Socialist. :lol:

Sounded like an insult to me. But you are right, I am not a socialist; but a "little" socialism keeps capitalism in check.