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What's a "loose canon"?
Differing from a "loose cannon" which means - an irresponsible or reckless person, a "loose canon" refers to a loose set of rules, in this case ... my rules. Unlike many conservative bloggers that stifle debate and delete comments, I don't!
Differing from a "loose cannon" which means - an irresponsible or reckless person, a "loose canon" refers to a loose set of rules, in this case ... my rules. Unlike many conservative bloggers that stifle debate and delete comments, I don't!
Conservatism: clinical tendencies
A study funded by the US Government's National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health has concluded that conservatism can be explained psychologically as: a set of neuroses rooted in "fear and aggression, dogmatism and the intolerance of ambiguity". (see report)
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A study by NYU and UCLA published in the Journal Nature Neuroscience shows liberals have a greater cognitive ability to problem solve and cope with changing conditions than conservatives who are more "persistent and structured" and are more reliant on "habitual responses." From the study:
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A study by NYU and UCLA published in the Journal Nature Neuroscience shows liberals have a greater cognitive ability to problem solve and cope with changing conditions than conservatives who are more "persistent and structured" and are more reliant on "habitual responses." From the study:
"Liberalism was associated with stronger conflict-related anterior cingulate activity, suggesting greater neurocognitive sensitivity to cues for altering a habitual response pattern."Essentially, conservatives tend to rely on ‘persistence’ in a ‘habitual response pattern,’ despite signals that this response pattern should change... (i.e. "stay the course")
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Study in Current Biology:
Liberals have more gray matter in a part of the brain associated with understanding complexity - the anterior cingulate cortex, while the conservative brain is bigger in the section related to processing fear - the right amygdala.
Roget's Thesaurus Definitions:
Liberal: ...generous, abundant, lavish, broadminded, tolerant, enlightened, charitable, free, advanced
Antonym:
Conservative: ...stingy, miserly, reactionary, regressive, bigoted, prejudiced, biased, narrow-minded, strict
Synonyms: obstinate, inflexible, uncreative, hide-bound, unimaginative, undaring, unprogressive, red-neck
About Me
- William
- 9 time USATF Masters National Champion 400m sprinter, World Masters Champion - 200m - WMACI '17, M55 age group
3 comments:
Maher is not funny.
Here's funny.
Maher is far more intelligent and extremely funny because he is right.... the conservative pundits like Limbaugh and Coulter you listen to are conspiracy theorist fear promoters who are essentially divorced from reality.
It had to be explained to Coulter on Maher's show that 'no, we are not bombing Egypt.' What ever happened to that Limbaugh theory that the Gulf oil spill was an Obama engineered inside job?
I don't watch Maher (I don't watch any TV practically) so I'll have to take your word for it.
But Limbaugh is bombastic, and much of his work is deep sarcasm and intended to needle people who so deserve it. Coulter I don't hear all that much, as I don't watch TV. She seems to have that element I so admire: cutting, edgy, dry wit; she annoys the hell out of LeftLibProggs, who so deserve to be needled and annoyed.
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