It's not what the politicians say. It's the size of your grey matter.
Now, that yet another general election looms, and people amidst a general apathy regarding all things related to the parties' bickering and the overwhelming upset about how many millions of dollars are being flushed down the toilet again, The Star reports that we are predisposed about which parties we affiliate with. Researchers at University College London apparently found that whether we are conservatives or liberals has nothing to do with the parties, ideals, political whim, platforms, attractiveness of a particular candidate's hairdo, or other matters one would normally base a vote on, we can now excuse our mind from this debate and simply accept that we will vote conservative if we have "increased volume of the right amygdale" or liberal if we have "increased grey matter in the anterior cingulate cortex". What these mean, worry not! What matters is that we are not responsible for yet another thing. We are predisposed by such anatomical features. So if the liberals loose, they can blame one part of our anatomy, and if the conservatives loose, they can blame another one. Who the greens and the others will be allowed to blame is, as yet, unknown to me.
What I am also thinking about is how far some groups might take such biological differences causing political leanings. Will there be (again) time when people with certain anatomical features will be deemed more backward, less evolved than others? Will there be some genetic manipulation by hopeful parents who would love their offspring to follow them in their political footprints? I am sure this is fertile ground for some future thrillers yet to be written.
Link to the Star article:
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/972100--are-political-leanings-hard-wired-into-the-brain
Now, that yet another general election looms, and people amidst a general apathy regarding all things related to the parties' bickering and the overwhelming upset about how many millions of dollars are being flushed down the toilet again, The Star reports that we are predisposed about which parties we affiliate with. Researchers at University College London apparently found that whether we are conservatives or liberals has nothing to do with the parties, ideals, political whim, platforms, attractiveness of a particular candidate's hairdo, or other matters one would normally base a vote on, we can now excuse our mind from this debate and simply accept that we will vote conservative if we have "increased volume of the right amygdale" or liberal if we have "increased grey matter in the anterior cingulate cortex". What these mean, worry not! What matters is that we are not responsible for yet another thing. We are predisposed by such anatomical features. So if the liberals loose, they can blame one part of our anatomy, and if the conservatives loose, they can blame another one. Who the greens and the others will be allowed to blame is, as yet, unknown to me.
What I am also thinking about is how far some groups might take such biological differences causing political leanings. Will there be (again) time when people with certain anatomical features will be deemed more backward, less evolved than others? Will there be some genetic manipulation by hopeful parents who would love their offspring to follow them in their political footprints? I am sure this is fertile ground for some future thrillers yet to be written.
Link to the Star article:
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/972100--are-political-leanings-hard-wired-into-the-brain
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