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Brain shape 'shows political allegiance'

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Brain shape 'shows political allegiance'
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Brain shape 'shows political allegiance'
December 28, 2010 at 7:43 pm (This post was last modified: December 29, 2010 at 6:01 am by Justtristo.)
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RE: Brain shape 'shows political allegiance'
December 28, 2010 at 9:25 pm
WTF...
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RE: Brain shape 'shows political allegiance'
December 29, 2010 at 5:33 am
As I said to ziggy last night, this is old news. Us on the right have known that leftists' brains are tiny for years. Wink
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RE: Brain shape 'shows political allegiance'
December 29, 2010 at 4:21 pm (This post was last modified: December 29, 2010 at 4:21 pm by The Omnissiunt One.)
I suspect that there's more of a difference between those who are socially conservative and socially liberal, Adrian, in which case you'd probably fall more into the latter category. In which case, you're pea-brained too. Smile
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RE: Brain shape 'shows political allegiance'
December 30, 2010 at 6:06 pm
(December 29, 2010 at 5:33 am)Tiberius Wrote: As I said to ziggy last night, this is old news. Us on the right have known that leftists' brains are tiny for years. Wink

That's because we don't have a gross tumor in place of our amygdala. Big Grin
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RE: Brain shape 'shows political allegiance'
December 30, 2010 at 6:22 pm
(December 29, 2010 at 5:33 am)Tiberius Wrote: As I said to ziggy last night, this is old news. Us on the right have known that leftists' brains are tiny for years. Wink

Come to America........ I want to see how you agree with OUR righties.
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RE: Brain shape 'shows political allegiance'
December 31, 2010 at 9:59 am
(December 30, 2010 at 6:22 pm)HeyItsZeus Wrote:
(December 29, 2010 at 5:33 am)Tiberius Wrote: As I said to ziggy last night, this is old news. Us on the right have known that leftists' brains are tiny for years. Wink

Come to America........ I want to see how you agree with OUR righties.
That depends on which ones you mean. Republicans? Not so much. Libertarians? All the way.
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RE: Brain shape 'shows political allegiance'
December 31, 2010 at 10:17 am
(December 29, 2010 at 5:33 am)Tiberius Wrote: As I said to ziggy last night, this is old news. Us on the right have known that leftists' brains are tiny for years. Wink

But the leftist doesn't have both tiny brains and big heads like those on the right.

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RE: Brain shape 'shows political allegiance'
December 31, 2010 at 4:00 pm
(December 31, 2010 at 9:59 am)Tiberius Wrote:
(December 30, 2010 at 6:22 pm)HeyItsZeus Wrote:
(December 29, 2010 at 5:33 am)Tiberius Wrote: As I said to ziggy last night, this is old news. Us on the right have known that leftists' brains are tiny for years. Wink

Come to America........ I want to see how you agree with OUR righties.
That depends on which ones you mean. Republicans? Not so much. Libertarians? All the way.

I think in this case it applies to republicans...
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RE: Brain shape 'shows political allegiance'
December 31, 2010 at 8:19 pm
I hadn't seen that. Yet another nature /nurture debate with a dubious premise.

Some tiny problems with the methodology:

What the sample size?

Self reporting is notoriously unreliable.The test needs to be evidence based.

Correlation does not equal causation. So,interesting and worth pursuing,but no more than that.
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