As it turns out, it’s a genetic disorder:
But now that we can map the brains, genes, and unconscious attitudes of conservatives, we have refined our diagnosis: conservatism is a partially heritable personality trait that predisposes some people to be cognitively inflexible, fond of hierarchy, and inordinately afraid of uncertainty, change, and death.
Here’s hoping that the best scientists in the world are hard at work on a cure.
Tags: politics, science
I believe the article goes on to state that it would be a mistake
to believe that simple diagnosis. I found that article
very eye-opening.
Interesting to think about the Bill Ritter story from the New Yorker in this context. Maybe Dems are learning something and will begin to approach environmental issues from more of a moral perspective.
Did you take the test at YourMorals.Org? I gave up when they wanted me to register.
I didn’t take the test. I figured I’d be too predictable.