16-02-2014, 03:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 16-02-2014, 04:00 PM by Jessica Leigh.)
I read a great article in the run up to the 2008 election between Obama and McCain regarding the wiring of self described conservatives and liberals. In the piece an experiment was conducted where participants watched a movie with clips of a lot of hot-botton issues (for both the Left and Right) and the researchers monitored the body's responsess; heart rate, blood pressure, respirator rate, pupil dilation, etc.
The conservatives had a more stronger response then the liberals which resulted in a differences in the flight or fight response of the nervous system. They went on to conclude that humans have evolved (or were intelligently designed) into two main groups - one that had a better chance of survival if attacked by a wild animal, the other having the patience to domesticate an animal to help them survive.
And this is probably why the Right gets so much more worked up about issues and how Fox News is able to exploit this very innate survival mechanism. Guns, killing unborn persons, drill baby drill, war on this and war on that...
Like I said in a previous post, I'm from the liberal northeast. I believe in natural selection and climate change. And here's a thought on Natural Section.
Who is the more successful human being. The Harvard Business grad six-figure salaried man who marries a Yale Law grad working a prestigious firm and have two Honor Roll kids OR the conquering soldier working for a brutal War Lord that rapes and pillages hundreds of women and villages - having 20 plus children who he will never know or care about.
Genetically speaking the soldier is more successful though not any more highly "evolved."
The conservatives had a more stronger response then the liberals which resulted in a differences in the flight or fight response of the nervous system. They went on to conclude that humans have evolved (or were intelligently designed) into two main groups - one that had a better chance of survival if attacked by a wild animal, the other having the patience to domesticate an animal to help them survive.
And this is probably why the Right gets so much more worked up about issues and how Fox News is able to exploit this very innate survival mechanism. Guns, killing unborn persons, drill baby drill, war on this and war on that...
Like I said in a previous post, I'm from the liberal northeast. I believe in natural selection and climate change. And here's a thought on Natural Section.
Who is the more successful human being. The Harvard Business grad six-figure salaried man who marries a Yale Law grad working a prestigious firm and have two Honor Roll kids OR the conquering soldier working for a brutal War Lord that rapes and pillages hundreds of women and villages - having 20 plus children who he will never know or care about.
Genetically speaking the soldier is more successful though not any more highly "evolved."