RE: Conservatives have more self-control
January 26, 2018 at 2:36 pm
(This post was last modified: January 26, 2018 at 2:39 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
The sweeping generalizations on this thread have gotten a little bit out of hand. At the same time, I do not doubt that personality and temperament differences dispose people towards different political leanings. Likewise, I don't doubt that biology is at least partially, if not largely, responsible the life and career choices made by men and women.
I tend to be skeptical of social science studies, in general. It's all in how you label things and the connotations they imply. "Self-control" could be restraint but it could also be up-tight. The same for all kinds of personality traits - stingy/frugal, passionate/belligerent, bravery/foolhardiness, visionary/unrealistic...
Yeah, and we need more Christians like Pat Robertson...I don't think so.
I tend to be skeptical of social science studies, in general. It's all in how you label things and the connotations they imply. "Self-control" could be restraint but it could also be up-tight. The same for all kinds of personality traits - stingy/frugal, passionate/belligerent, bravery/foolhardiness, visionary/unrealistic...
(January 26, 2018 at 2:20 pm)GodisintheTV Wrote: We need more atheists like Dawkins,...
Yeah, and we need more Christians like Pat Robertson...I don't think so.