Is Science Slowly Giving Us an Insight as to Why Modern Liberalism Exists?
Question by holeymoley: Is science slowly giving us an insight as to why modern liberalism exists?
-10/28/10 NBC news: University of California at Davis and Harvard University find “Liberal Gene” as partial answer as to why liberals think the way they do.
-6/14/13 http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/06/how-hormones-influence-our-political-opinions
Sensation seeking has been associated with particular dopamine receptors in the brain whose numbers vary, for genetic reasons, from individual to individual. A particular variant of the gene that codes for dopamine receptors has been associated with political liberalism.
-2/2/12 AFP: Drug addicts have inherited abnormalities in some parts of the brain which interfere with impulse control, said a British study published in the United States on Thursday.
-8/28/12 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-1937245… An international team found those who started using cannabis below the age of 18, while their brains were still developing, suffered a drop in IQ. A UK expert said the research might explain why people who use the drug often seem to under-achieve.
-National Criminal Justice Reference Service (https://www.ncjrs.gov/htm/chapter2.htm): According to a study conducted by Columbia University’s Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, children who smoke marijuana are eighty-five times more likely to use cocaine than peers who never tried marijuana.
-11/7/12 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/opinio…: TUESDAY’S election was a victory for the marijuana lobby: Colorado and Washington State voted to legalize recreational use, while Massachusetts will now allow doctors to recommend it as medicine.
“It’s a movement around which many Democrats have coalesced.”
-http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/all_summary.php?id=D000000103&nid=3902, 2008 contributions, federal elections:
Marijuana Policy Project: 94% to democrats versus 6% to Republicans
Best answer:
Answer by Liberals
yep liberals are messed up
Answer by Smoking Joe
I love you turning studies on their ear that in fact said Conservatives have larger fear and paranoia centers in their brains, and they react more quickly with disgust and revulsion to anything they don’t understand or are familiar with.
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