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[Hiiri]

Actually there was a recent study, that conservative brains are physically different from liberal brains, and scientists could say with 75% accuracy whether person is conservative or liberal. And conservative and liberal people do have different characteristics (by average), one of them being that conservative brain reacts more strongly to threats.

How do you react to the scary unknown? You make up fascinating conspiracy stories to shield you from the harsh reality

[Urist Imiknorris]

How do you react to the unknown?

SCIENCE!

[Earthquake Damage]

Actually there was a recent study, that conservative brains are physically different from liberal brains, and scientists could say with 75% accuracy whether person is conservative or liberal. And conservative and liberal people do have different characteristics (by average), one of them being that conservative brain reacts more strongly to threats.

You'll have to pardon me if I remain skeptical.  I'd expect any difference to be on par with any other cultural differences.  You make it sound like "ZOMG something is wrong their brain chemistry -> conservatives are diseased!!!!11one"

[Ale and Axes]

Actually there was a recent study, that conservative brains are physically different from liberal brains, and scientists could say with 75% accuracy whether person is conservative or liberal. And conservative and liberal people do have different characteristics (by average), one of them being that conservative brain reacts more strongly to threats.

How do you react to the scary unknown? You make up fascinating conspiracy stories to shield you from the harsh reality

I'd say the root was more to do with self-satistfying conceits. Some people are more willing than others to entertain arbitrary and largely unfounded assumptions that fit with their preexisting world view and biases.

[Bouchart]

Information is power and control.  It's perfectly reasonable that the press, government etc. would propagate false information as a way of keeping you clueless.  Always consider the source and don't believe anything that contradicts your common sense or instincts.

That having been said, often simpler explanations are the correct ones.

[alway]

My favorite has got to be the 'global warming was invented to raise taxes' conspiracy theory. As if the government doesn't have the power to raise taxes or something without a vast conspiracy among tens of thousands of people worldwide.

[Zrk2]

BUt this way they can stay in power while doing it.

[Bouchart]

My favorite has got to be the 'global warming was invented to raise taxes' conspiracy theory. As if the government doesn't have the power to raise taxes or something without a vast conspiracy among tens of thousands of people worldwide.

Not so much to raise taxes but as a means of control.  I don't believe in anthropogenic global warming.

[Cthulhu]

My favorite has got to be the 'global warming was invented to raise taxes' conspiracy theory. As if the government doesn't have the power to raise taxes or something without a vast conspiracy among tens of thousands of people worldwide.

Not so much to raise taxes but as a means of control.  I don't believe in anthropogenic global warming.

As if the government doesn't have the power to raise taxes control people or something without a vast conspiracy among tens of thousands of people worldwide.

[Bouchart]

My favorite has got to be the 'global warming was invented to raise taxes' conspiracy theory. As if the government doesn't have the power to raise taxes or something without a vast conspiracy among tens of thousands of people worldwide.

Not so much to raise taxes but as a means of control.  I don't believe in anthropogenic global warming.

As if the government doesn't have the power to raise taxes control people or something without a vast conspiracy among tens of thousands of people worldwide.

It's easier to control people if you have them believing some neo-paganist "save the planet" mumbo jumbo.

[Vactor]

I always find it interesting that there are a people who think that the government can't do ANYTHING right, except flawlessly pull off elaborate hoaxes that involve hundreds or thousands of people.

Its also interesting that in the face of a real honest to god conspiracy being revealed to the public after the fact, (a secret military operation to track down and eliminate a guy in a foreign country without its knowledge and merely tacit approval) people insist on immediately developing a larger, more complicated conspiracy that this is just a ruse for.

[Bouchart]

I always find it interesting that there are a people who think that the government can't do ANYTHING right, except flawlessly pull off elaborate hoaxes that involve hundreds or thousands of people.

Its also interesting that in the face of a real honest to god conspiracy being revealed to the public after the fact, (a secret military operation to track down and eliminate a guy in a foreign country without its knowledge and merely tacit approval) people insist on immediately developing a larger, more complicated conspiracy that this is just a ruse for.

Governments are bad at basically anything that doesn't involve mass murder and oppression.

[Zrk2]

I always find it interesting that there are a people who think that the government can't do ANYTHING right, except flawlessly pull off elaborate hoaxes that involve hundreds or thousands of people.

Its also interesting that in the face of a real honest to god conspiracy being revealed to the public after the fact, (a secret military operation to track down and eliminate a guy in a foreign country without its knowledge and merely tacit approval) people insist on immediately developing a larger, more complicated conspiracy that this is just a ruse for.

Governments are bad at basically anything that doesn't involve mass murder and oppression.

Slow down Machiavelli a la The Prince, they're pretty good at wasting money too.

As well, I rest my case, you are your avatar!

[Vactor]

Those are some handy catch phrases and statements, you have throughly out reasoned me, and i bow, defeated by your superior arguments.

[Euld]

Actually there was a recent study, that conservative brains are physically different from liberal brains, and scientists could say with 75% accuracy whether person is conservative or liberal. And conservative and liberal people do have different characteristics (by average), one of them being that conservative brain reacts more strongly to threats.

I read a book recently called The Male Brain, in which the author discusses how modern science's view of the brain has changed over the years.  Before, the brain was considered immutable, unchangeable, new brain cells are never constructed.  That is until somewhat recently (not sure what changed) when it was discovered that the human brain changes fundamentally several times over a person's lifetime.  And that comes from just going from growing up.  Wouldn't be surprised that if you took a liberal and asked him to roleplay as a conservative for a few months, his brain would appear a bit more conservative.