I posted this subject in another forum but I wanted to get that take of this more cerebral forum on the subject.
With the state of politics in the world and the arguments we have about them , I was always perplexed by the inability of some , who are otherwise reasonable in other subjects, to accept arguments supported by facts, and links to sources supporting these facts, They seem to simply ignore them , and move on to a different argument, often later returning to the refuted argument l.
I always wondered why that was? What took people down that rabbit hole. So it seems that there have been several studies that suggest Progressives have a larger Anterior cingulate gyrus, that is an area of thanking in new information and the impact new information has in making choices.Conservatives tended on the whole to have a larger right Amygdala. Amygdala being a deeper structure. that processes more emotional information specifically fear based information ,so it's really responsible for the fight or flight response Of course peoplea re different for many reasons but if one used only that metrix, It Predicts with a 71,6% certainty who would be a Conservative and who would be a Progressive. (the lecturer uses the term liberal, but i don't like that term because it has a negative connotation )
So a question is , is it Nature or nurture? were we born that way, or is it due to brain plasticity ? That because we think that way , that part of the brain developed more and became larger, creating a vicious cycle,
And how do we deal about it? I lean toward the lobotomy solution, preferably a DIY do it at home kit.
The above are not my words but repeated from the lecture video below, that explains the concept .better than I ever could given the constraints of this forum. so watch the lecture and tell me what you think.
PS: I wanted the title to be "Do progressives have brain damage" but in the spirit of respect and understanding that this forum seems to represent , I modified the title.