Republicans and Democrats Process Risk Differently

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130213173131.htm
Republicans and Democrats differ in the neural mechanisms activated while performing a risk-taking task. Republicans more strongly activate their right amygdala, associated with orienting attention to external cues. Democrats have higher activity in their left posterior insula, associated with perceptions of internal physiological states. This activation also borders the temporal-parietal junction, and therefore may reflect a difference in internal physiological drive as well as the perception of the internal state and drive of others.
 

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both parties are puppets/SELLOUTS that cover up the epic fraudsters in the banking "industry" and promote the want of vested interest ahead of the needs of the common good.

Neither give a fuck about anybody other then themselves.

They both green light the rape of the American republic and the rest of the world, they are both equally the scum of the earth!

This world could be in a so much better state, if we made the effort to oust these "actors" in all facets of government......

-you lie with dogs, you pick up fleas!

Never before in the history of Mankind, have the words of wise men who spoke of greed and negative affects of wealth on people in powerful positions, rung so loud and true.....

VOTE for ANY INDEPENDENT; OTHER THEN THESE ASS CLOWNS!

If only terrorists/psychotics would kill them all....please!!!!!

This would be progressive action......

Vote with your dollar and don't give a penny to corporations that don't have good ethics, environmental and community values as first priority, use your money as a capital strike on bad business- with unity we can drive them from the market. Buy local and live with in your means, reducing your consumption.
 
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Ausm

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Both parties do this. Or did you forget how friendly this administration has been to the banking industry?

Touche! You are basically correct on that but the Dems did try to introduce Legislation that would better "regulate" the banking industry but anything with teeth was stripped out of it.
 

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Touche! You are basically correct on that but the Dems did try to introduce Legislation that would better "regulate" the banking industry but anything with teeth was stripped out of it.

They had no intention of passing anything meaningful. Obama wouldnt have signed it anyways. Just another half assed attempt to placate the millions of fanatics for the time being.
 

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Touche! You are basically correct on that but the Dems did try to introduce Legislation that would better "regulate" the banking industry but anything with teeth was stripped out of it.

Going down with the sinking ship; while still saluting the party flag :(
Saluting was more proper than plugging the hole.
 

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The US is too stupid to regulate itself, i want Canada to invade us and take us over, they're doing everything right. Their banking system is heavily regulated and sound compared to ours.
 

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The US is too stupid to regulate itself, i want Canada to invade us and take us over, they're doing everything right. Their banking system is heavily regulated and sound compared to ours.

They also benefit from not having to defend themselves or have a demographically diverse population. I will give them props though for their govt not interfering with a cash cow of theirs in natural resources extraction. While we have an ideologically driven administration that drags their feet on natural resources or building infrastructure to move those resources. They plug away and reap the rewards.
 
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Moonbeam

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Republicans and Democrats Process Risk Differently

A post referencing a scientific study showing that the known location of brain differences between liberals and conservatives light up on instrumentation during risk assessment in a game becomes a hand grenade thrown into a forum full of idiots detonating all manner of emotionally psychotic reactions. You fucks are truly pathetic.

All that was demonstrated by this study is the parts of the brain that are known to differ between liberals and conservatives are active when assessing risk and reward in a game experiment. Try not to piss your diapers please.
 

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Republicans more strongly activate their right amygdala, associated with orienting attention to external cues.

I don't know about this. My right amygdala was removed last year, and I still consider myself a Republican.

Maybe it will just take a while for me to make the switch, lol.
 

Matt1970

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The US is too stupid to regulate itself, i want Canada to invade us and take us over, they're doing everything right. Their banking system is heavily regulated and sound compared to ours.

So why not move to Canada?
 

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Republicans and Democrats Process Risk Differently

A post referencing a scientific study showing that the known location of brain differences between liberals and conservatives light up on instrumentation during risk assessment in a game becomes a hand grenade thrown into a forum full of idiots detonating all manner of emotionally psychotic reactions. You fucks are truly pathetic.

All that was demonstrated by this study is the parts of the brain that are known to differ between liberals and conservatives are active when assessing risk and reward in a game experiment. Try not to piss your diapers please.

Yep, it's almost as pathetic as someone constantly saying one side or the other has a brain defect.
 

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So why not move to Canada?

They're probably handling immigration better too....

I wouldn't be surprised if they actually cracked down hard on businesses that hired illegal immigrants.

From what I've heard it's not easy emigrating to Canada because of rather strict Canadian regulations on that.
 

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Both parties do this. Or did you forget how friendly this administration has been to the banking industry?

What do you mean? The only reason liberals say bankjs are too big to fail is because they dont want to hurt anyones feelings by calling them fat.
 

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As you can see, conservatives process evidence irrationally also do to their heightened fear response to novel data. They seem, however, to have no fear at all of looking like idiots, the advantage, doubtless, of living together in an idiot bubble. Imagine a world in which everything was a rationalization. You could have any opinion you liked. Fact checking would just be somebody else's bias.
 

Matt1970

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As you can see, conservatives process evidence irrationally also do to their heightened fear response to novel data. They seem, however, to have no fear at all of looking like idiots, the advantage, doubtless, of living together in an idiot bubble. Imagine a world in which everything was a rationalization. You could have any opinion you liked. Fact checking would just be somebody else's bias.

Even if you believe that nonsense, nowhere in there does it say anyone processes evidence irrationally? That's just your dumbass assertion. Also, where is this public record database of party affiliation that they found all 82 of the people taking part in the experiment in?
 

Moonbeam

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Even if you believe that nonsense, nowhere in there does it say anyone processes evidence irrationally? That's just your dumbass assertion. Also, where is this public record database of party affiliation that they found all 82 of the people taking part in the experiment in?

I stated that the OP can now see that in addition to using the parts of the brain that differ from liberals when assessing risk, they also process data irrationally. I said this, not because the original link contained data to prove this but because the thread demonstrates it. You, for example, failed completely to process the data I presented to the OP, assuming that what I refereed to was in the original link and not here in this thread, because, of course, you can't rationally process data. But thanks for playing. You labor under the impression that you already think rationally and have nothing to learn. In this way you don't have to feel stupid, something you are afraid to do. But what is often mistakenly called stupid is to use your intelligence to rationalize data away. In short, you make yourself look stupid out of fear.