Coincidentally studies have concluded that Liberals tend to have higher IQs than their conservative counterpart. Among the American sample, those who identify themselves as “very liberal” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 106.4, whereas those who identify themselves as “very conservative” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 94.8. Interestingly Scientists were able to decipher the subjects political alignment with an accuracy of 71.6% just by observing their innate brain structure. Liberals tend to have larger Anterior Cingulate Cortexs and more Grey Matter which means they're more likely to base decisions on scientific evidence, studies, and new information that transcends the old information. They're also more likely to question authority and social norms, feel safer and more secure, favor change, have empathy & compassion, be courageous, take risks, be open-minded, go against the grain, stand up for injustice, and resist conformity. Conservatives, on the other hand typically have bigger Amygdalas which means they're more likely to make decisions off of emotions associated with fear and anxiety. The amygdala or primative Fear center is sensitive and ways heavily on their decision making. In fact during experiments when cons were made to feel safer their view became more Liberal. They're also more likely to resist change, defer to authority, conform / fall in line, have an attachment to Established norms, sensitive to major social order changes, willingness to limit certain liberties to maintain order, favor orderliness and possess emotionally held beliefs in unfalsifiable mystical beings Other studies have found that older people and Conservatives are also much more prone to falling for scams than their Liberal counterpart.
"Reduced risk perception": I think it means the inability to evaluate risk. That is why they are afraid of things they don't understand or aren't real dangers while showing no concern for real dangers like climate change or covid-19.
@@vishaalpandya8880 because people have a right to decide weather they are ready/wanting to bring an other life into this f**ked world instead of being forced to have it and either give it up or not being able to fully provide for it for 20yrs
@@vishaalpandya8880 "abortion is eugenics" Our left-wing advocacy for the right to abortion has to do less with controlling the society's gene pool than with ensuring good parenthood. Unplanned pregnancy and birth, including that from rape, tends to end up with a mentally and financially insecure household or orphaning. If you care about "family values" as right-wingers like to claim to, you would support planned pregnancy, for which the right to abortion is crucial, especially for cases where the woman didn't even consent to the intercourse.
@@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster "the study is literally pro eugenics" Neuropsychological tests and personality surveys are not literally pro-eugenics. The study does not argue for restricting the reproduction of conservatives.
Coincidentally studies have concluded that Liberals tend to have higher IQs than their conservative counterpart. Among the American sample, those who identify themselves as “very liberal” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 106.4, whereas those who identify themselves as “very conservative” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 94.8. Interestingly Scientists were able to decipher the subjects political alignment with an accuracy of 71.6% just by observing their innate brain structure. Liberals tend to have larger Anterior Cingulate Cortexs and more Grey Matter which means they're more likely to base decisions on scientific evidence, studies, and new information that transcends the old information. They're also more likely to question authority and social norms, feel safer and more secure, favor change, have empathy & compassion, be courageous, take risks, be open-minded, go against the grain, stand up for injustice, and resist conformity. Conservatives, on the other hand typically have bigger Amygdalas which means they're more likely to make decisions off of emotions associated with fear and anxiety. The amygdala or primative Fear center is sensitive and ways heavily on their decision making. In fact during experiments when cons were made to feel safer their view became more Liberal. They're also more likely to resist change, defer to authority, conform / fall in line, have an attachment to Established norms, sensitive to major social order changes, willingness to limit certain liberties to maintain order, favor orderliness and possess emotionally held beliefs in unfalsifiable mystical beings Other studies have found that older people and Conservatives are also much more prone to falling for scams than their Liberal counterpart.
This is hilarious. I can not tell you how many times conservatives tell me that "liberalism" is a mental disorder". It just goes to show you how well they project.
Yeah, it IS hilarious, watching fat brown Cenk Uygur cherry picking a study that says extremists are less rational and morph that into conservatives and conservatives only.
3:08 - Cenk drawing conclusions from one study that has not been peer-reviewed based on only 330. You know what that means Cenk is not that bright.💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
@Lincoln D bro I have met many conservatives and seen a lot of them on TV they believe only what one person says they don't believe in government and its institutions and back division agendas and always think someone is out to get them I read the study and it shows people havingall these horrible features
@Lincoln D the line between extremists and conservatives is virtually non existent thanks to trump there are these conservatives who had moral principles and have abandoned them to bow to the cult of trump and are embracing extremists. I'm talking about those people but yes there are conservatives who stuck to their moral code and principles but what is happening to them they are being pushed out or sidelined for having a moral and ethical code the republican party will soon need to be renamed as extremists party if they continue to kiss Trump's ass
@Lincoln D his policy was attack anyone who was different who didn't agree with him and that's is what is extremist about it and why did so many extremists come out in support of him and he didn't condemn any of them cuz he also supports that cuz it masks away from his narcissistic behaviour he doesn't care what happens to anyone else
The fact that it's so common for conservatives to not understand the suffering of others until they, themselves, experience the same pain alone tells me that there's something wrong with them upstairs.
And even when they experience it themselves many stay in the same thought pattern. Like being put on a ventilator because covid and telling nurses and doctors they don't believe it's covid it must be something else.
@@DaturaReapicusJones no I completely disagree with that statement we can and seem to agree on the contents of the problem and the consequences of the problem, however you're just adding more contents, that I as an individual would need evidence for. That's the difference we agree the problem ( with regards to the us K through 12 education system ) you're just adding one extra thing that I don't agree with
Talking with them this all becomes clear, within 5 seconds they stop listening, make it personal, breakout the "Whataboutism" and go to other peoples talking points.
@@X2LR8 until we use your own weapons against you. Then you don't like it very much. Y'all are real quick to call out and dismiss it as whataboutism then.
You will likely not hear an original point from a conservative. But no matter what, u will NEVER hear a conservative offer a response or rebuttal that they thought of in real time. Conservatives don't think on their feet well. Their working memory appears stalled
@@X2LR8 so you are saying you decide to drop a conversation in favor of injecting a narrative in an attempt to embarrass who you are talking with rather than defending your point with actual credence?
I've personally found the best way to communicate with hard core conservatives is to walk away from them. I simply do not have to attend every pointless argument or debate I'm invited to. Being real,..all they do is talk in circles some of which are larger than others but,..always in circles.
@@homespuncovers89 Agreed. I feel no need to be conciliatory towards hypocrites who are intellectually or otherwise dishonest. And this is exactly what conservatives are.
No need of a study to know that after the last 5 years. You can't discuss with people when everything is black and white, for or against, good or bad. The world and humans are full of nuances...
The headline here is unfair. I am progressive but I want to represent this research better. The research measured extremism and conservatism as two different things. "If our mind tends to react to stimuli with caution, it may also be attracted by cautious and conservative ideologies. If we struggle to process and plan complex action sequences, we may be drawn to more extreme ideologies that simplify the world and our role within it." So then a mind may be prone to react to stimuli with caution and be conservative, but the same mind may be able to process more complex ideas, and thus not be an extremist.
@Gotta Pee BRB but which wing actually acts out those extremists views? for example let’s say I don’t know invade a country’s capital or something 🤷🏽♂️ that wing isn’t the one we should be concerned about or use this as evidence or correlating piece as to why that wing acts out in such violence right ? 🤪
What is interesting about science is how it can help us. Not be used as a weapon. If it is true that a certain type of brain is more prone to right wing extremism then that does not mean it will automatically follow that they become far right extremists. Some are more prone to be alcoholics but that does not mean they will be drunks. Done of the most progressive people I know are former victims of personality cults. There are certainly other factors. Yes we have always had militias and such but before MAGA we didn’t really have it at this level. So then the question becomes what do we do with this knowledge and how do we prevent extremism? Other countries in Europe have a left and a right, but they are not nearly as polarized as we are. We cannot pretend that their conservative brains are somehow inherently different, This is the conversation that needs to be had. What do we do with this data and what other research questions should we ask?
Dogmatic person mean CLOSE-MINDED. Dogmatism is one of the factor that have a negative effect on wellbeing. Religious Dogmatism is the most dangerous factor against wellbeing. Dogmatic individuals have an inflexible cognitive system that emerges as a stable personality trait and decreases their adjustment with environment
@@MrJay-tv2vt I hate when the phrase "open minded" and "extrimist" thrown casually in order tolerate the intolerable. Those terms are negotiable terms.
Their fear stems from themselves. They're afraid that if they lose power that they will be treated as they have treated others. Still a position of selfishness in their fear.
Yes you can fix stupid if you know how and invest the time.. And I don't see anyone as stupid... You want change address the fears and greed... Dont just toss people aside because they are diminished...
There are 2 types of people. Those who have an intellectual need to understand certain things and those who have a psychological need to believe certain things.
Boils down to having good reason for things one believes. A person who wants to belive things that are true vs what they want to be true. Many believe what they want (self-delusion) and it's often black and white thinking. Being a good skeptic and seeking to understand what, why and how first.
@@missano3856 Well, the main reason minorities, even if uneducated, don't vote republican is because the hate is targeting them. They FEEL the systemic injustices. The reality is they would probably think the same if they were in a majority.
The beautiful thing about science is..it’s about facts. It doesn’t “take sides” or sways. It is what it is..so if some conservatives get offended..so be it...
Science may not have biases, but scientists almost always do. Scepticism used to be a bedrock foundation of the scientific method. Now science is used as a cudgel against ones ideological opponent, and scepticism is seen as anti-science.
Yeah these comments are way to hypocritical and way too strong of superiority undertones to be taken seriously. (And no I'm not right wing, just think this comments section is a political groupthink wasteland)
It was Biden who recently signed an executive order that's going to allow transgender men who believe they are women to be allowed to play in women's sports. That stroke of the pen clearly degraded women's rights. Think about the fundamental muscular differences between the male body and the female body which trans drugs can't eliminate. This channel is bias to the inth degree. Insulting and inaccurate. And the title is grammatically incorrect, so don't insult our intelligence. A sweeping judgment against conservatives is simply wrong. I'm sure this channel wouldn't appreciate a sweeping judgment against progressives that is that hateful. There's always going to be a sect of people, on the left and on the right who emotionally react rather than think. I don't see them doing a study on the extremist leftists, which would probably reveal similar impulsive results.
@@cynthiahash2730 first off women play men's sports, second hormonal therapy does in fact deteriorate muscle mass. But your prejudices stop you from accepting that people are just trying to get through life
@@tonimcclary1715there are biological differences between men and women. It's a fact. It's not something that needs convincing. It just is. They teach it in medical school. It's important biology. No amount of disapproval will change that. It's not so hard to understand that there are biological advantages to being male in certain sports. We have real life examples of its effects - look at the winners of woman sports - biological men.
@jshowa o what's the dispute then? If these differences are biological *advantages* ? Look at the stats, they speak for themselves. And what you said is not true, some loonys argue that there are no biological differences. Just because *you* are smarter than these other loonys, doesn't excuse the entire clan. So, if you want to shift the argument, let me know your views.
It’s a moving target: Research by Nattavudh Powdthavee and Andrew J. Oswald, who find that even “[lottery] winners tend to switch towards support for a right-wing political party and to become less egalitarian. The larger the win, the more people tilt to the right.”
Can't agree more except that they are not Christians but they think they are Good Christians do not lie and rejoice in evil but in the truth Followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, who are called "genuine Christians" endeavor to think, talk and act like Jesus and not the devil
Not all brains work the same. Like the article tries to point out. Some people can't comprehend anything more complex than a binary choice of yes/no black/white. It needs to be kept simple, for simple unevolved brains. I'm not trying to mean. It's just DNA. If you think it's just conservatives that are like this. You are a simple-minded as they are.
This makes me ANGRY! 😤 Those Ivy League educated politicians KNOW their constituents aren't as bright as them, that they're afraid and easily triggered. THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE of the poor and vulnerable!
Ya know a lot of those college educated politicians on the left do want to expand public education for everyone across the nation, and lower the poverty rate. It's mostly GOP representatives that block that type of funding, and instead give tax cuts to cooperations.
I've seen a number of other results that back this up, in particular conservatives tend to have larger amygdalas than the rest of us and their amygdalas are more active. (The amygdala reacts to fear.) That said, I have to wonder how that ties in with the divide between conservatives and progressives becoming greater and greater. A growing divide suggests that the causes are environmental, rather than genetic.
This study wasn’t necessary.... trying to have conversation with one is evidence enough. It’s like the show hoarders when they ask for help but stop you from throwing anything away...like let me help you help you
You come away from a conversation with one with a mix of amusement, annoyance and revulsion. Their ignorance is annoying and sickening. They lack the sense God gave to the common dog....etc.
@@MrJay-tv2vt Labels help make discussion easier. Not everyone is a philosophy major. I believe its mostly from hearsay that people get their opinions from. And its very difficult to pinpoint peoples actuall beliefs. For example, proud boys say they are anti racist and apolitical, but I see them as fascisitic for they vote Trump. I understand what you mean though, all people are emotional many Moreso than others and emotion needs no justification.
@@MrJay-tv2vt I don't think the issues with labels I think the issue is with how people use generalities, since labels are just generalities, we can use labels to describe groups of people but we should try not to use labels to describe individual people. Again as another comment said it is easier to use labels to make the discussion faster, and more comprehensible. Yes we shouldn't be using labels on individuals but labels are useful when talking about General populations.
Coincidentally studies have concluded that Liberals tend to have higher IQs than their conservative counterpart. Among the American sample, those who identify themselves as “very liberal” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 106.4, whereas those who identify themselves as “very conservative” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 94.8. Interestingly Scientists were able to decipher the subjects political alignment with an accuracy of 71.6% just by observing their innate brain structure. Liberals tend to have larger Anterior Cingulate Cortexs and more Grey Matter which means they're more likely to base decisions on scientific evidence, studies, and new information that transcends the old information. They're also more likely to question authority and social norms, feel safer and more secure, favor change, have empathy & compassion, be courageous, take risks, be open-minded, go against the grain, stand up for injustice, and resist conformity. Conservatives, on the other hand typically have bigger Amygdalas which means they're more likely to make decisions off of emotions associated with fear and anxiety. The amygdala or primative Fear center is sensitive and ways heavily on their decision making. In fact during experiments when cons were made to feel safer their view became more Liberal. They're also more likely to resist change, defer to authority, conform / fall in line, have an attachment to Established norms, sensitive to major social order changes, willingness to limit certain liberties to maintain order, favor orderliness and possess emotionally held beliefs in unfalsifiable mystical beings Other studies have found that older people and Conservatives are also much more prone to falling for scams than their Liberal counterpart.
When you learn to just throw up your hands and say "Jesus will fix things" or "God has a plan" then you award yourself a gold plated excuse to stop thinking and solve problems. The mind goes to sleep...
Im not surprised. Their minds are subconsciously unable to turn off the ability to judge others...it must be the same region of the brain that learns empathy.
No one can "turn off the ability to judge others". All you can do is be intelligent enough to judge your judgements, and adjust your actions according to fairness.
@@m_6232 it actually has nothing to do with empathy. The problem is that the amygdala, in these people, is able to overpower the prefrontal cortex much more efficiently than in other groups. Fear shuts down critical thinking, literally.
What do you expect? They think a giant bearded guy who lives in the clouds will throw you into the pit if you don't grovel at his feet unconditionally.
@@joshdavis416 or how about you do both and decide based on common sense. Some biblical rules do make sense. And some don't. Same for science you can beat someone's head over with facts but come across as condescending. You'll never reach a common ground and never get to persuade someone to see things from your side. But my feelings tell me you rather end up in a civil war. I'm honestly fed up with both sides. You're all idiots, because you lost the ability to see the humanity in the other.
You mean the insurrectionist who wore the horns, animal skins, and facepaint when he stormed the Capitol *isn't good at processing information?* No way.
@En Lightning trickle down economics is a leftist simplification(due to their mental capacity being feeble) that creating a business friendly environment is good for the economy which has been proven even in the last four years with a record breaking economy. Slavery still occurs in africa and the middle east and occured all over the world the only thing America is unique in is that it had it's bloodiest civil war in an effort to stop it(which just so happens to have been under a republican president) I admit jim crow was bad can you admit mainstream racism towards white people on the basis of their skin color alone? (See the myth of white privilege and toxic whiteness or the horrible mainstream dnc platform of slavery reparations) the drug war benefits both parties politicians however only one in recent history exited office with no new armed conflicts(the orange man) does irrefutable evidence of voter fraud a vote spike that occured after counting and the general refusal to hear any evidence despite it's presence being well known scream rational to you? If it was so easily refuted why not give the movement a chance to hang itself on its own words? The capitol insurrection is far less destructive than the blm and antifa riots and they were called hero's who killed innocent people on the grounds a drug addict scum bag being killed. Show me your critical thinking skills liberal
THIS IS THE CONVERSATION WE NEEDED TO HAVE LIKE 100s OF YEARS AGO. Hypersensitivie Amygdala. People who beat people to death then take selfies with the dead body smiling....they don't just get humane one day. These people have been left alone to breed. I have been screaming it; these isolated spaces need quality mental health, even if we need to give them tax breaks or make it a part of receiving government help, food stamps etc... PLEASE PRESENT MORE STUDIES LIKE THESE FOR CONVERSATION. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS.
I like you guys but the title is misleading for a number of reasons: 1) This study isn’t about what being conservative does to your brain. 2) It’s about the psychological profiles of right wing extremists 3) Not all conservatives are extremist 4) Not all conservatives are intellectually inferior I’m afraid you really let us down on this one, you guys.
Look at how many of them voted for the worst person ever for potus. This isn't normal, most of these ppl weren't born this way. It's not only the "training" (upbringing and child-abuse religion), it's a result of multiple factors. I'd wager the majority of them were raised in poverty or not much better. With poverty, children don't eat so well, they eat more crap food (including lots of refined sugar), which is so bad for the body, brain and nervous system. As a kid raised in poverty, I remember not being able to concentrate when reading or when listening to someone speaking (but still sharp enough to make good grades). Impoverished ones are more likely to live in more polluted areas, drink lower quality water... So many things that will ill-effect their minds and hearts. I don't even remember much of my childhood due to trauma (with poverty, children are more likely to endure multiple types of abuse). It wasn't until I started working as a teen, having my own money, and buying my own healthy foods, that I started coming out of that "fog" of eating low-quality foods (and eventually learned to avoid the hell out of mainstream docs ... going on a quarter of a century without them). Plus, when a poor kid already isn't very healthy, you add to it all the stupid things mainstream medical quackery does to them. For example, a well-fed kid might take your beloved science juice well (body can more easily process it) whereas an unhealthy (especially still-developing) kid is going to have very bad reactions to their mainstream quack meds (I know from lots of experience). But of course, those reactions may be delayed, and oh-my certainly not attributed to your white-coat gods (cha-ching matters, heh). Again, it matters how we raise our children. If we don't make them our top priority, we're not going to get off this runaway self-loathing/world-destructive train. I really feel many of these "stupid" (and heartless) ppl weren't born that way. Also note, as nutty and heartless as they can be about many/most things, they aren't wrong about everything. it comes to mind that former Q-anon guy you interviewed (former police chief, as I recall). He said some things that were good/right, that you agreed with, but overall it still seemed like a lot of crazy was running around in his head, like all the dots didn't quite connect. But he didn't seem totally stupid, even kind of articulate. I feel if he, like many, had been brought up in a different environment, he would be a different (better) person. Job One, as a society we've got to realize that teaching religious sh*t to children (brainwashing) is abuse. And at the very least strongly, relentlessly, counter it in any and every way that we can. Make the parents responsible when a hate-taught child harms another. Also realize that poverty tends to create traumatized, emotionally-screwed, and seemingly stupid ppl. AND that when a child sees how we as a society treat our ppl (homelessness, enslavement via unconscionably low wages, and so many injustices going unpunished), it teaches them that human life isn't valuable. Certainly not over money. More than from books, children learn from what they see us do.
Conservatives want you to live YOUR life by THEIR values and religion....... But they also want the government to stay out of their lives but they want the government to interfere in your life if they don't like what you're doing.
"Progressives" want you to live YOUR life by THEIR values and religion....... But they also want the government to stay out of their lives but they want the government to interfere in your life if they don't like what you're doing.
@@Uhtredrag1080 So I guess it's progressives telling gay people they can't get married or telling women what to do with their bodies? 🤔 Nope that's conservatives...... I guess progressives are demanding that everyone pray in school regardless of religion.
@@Uhtredrag1080 If you're referring to climate change that has to deal with the earth a will affect EVERYONE. Two gay people getting arrived doesn't affect me and my husband or my kids...... there's no gaydar that goes off and let's straight married couples know when gay people get married.
This goes a long way towards explaining how the Republicans manage to stay relevant despite next to never doing anything of substantial value for the people...
@@xxbigoopimpinxx not saying they are great, considering many of them also take money from the same sponsors as the republicans have, but economically the Republicans have always been at the forefront of taking the bribes from the rich to run their errands and they're not even ashamed to do so... I'm genuinely curious to hear what you think the republicans has spearheaded that has been for the economic well-being of the citizens though? Please enlighten me if you can, cause all I see is they screwing over the people and siding with the wealthy every chance they get...
Fear is extremely dangerous. I grew up afraid in an extremist Christian home with my Dad being Trump without money or power but the same power hungry person. I cannot express how cult like it was and still is to people who believed the lie. First he was a Pastor then he created is own cult with an upgrade in title from "God" of Apostle. You were not allowed to think for yourself because if you don't listen and vibe with the message everyone's else believes Satan had control of you. I wish I had the words to express how damage on person from a small city in Wisconsin did to make people angry and extremely fearful. Fear=Danger when it's in the wrong context. This is nothing new but is now exposed.
I tend to agree, but there are a lot of religious socially left thinking people who believe in those fairytales as well though ;) I do think their chances of growing out of religion are higher..
They could have just consulted John Stewart Mill and save themselves the trouble. "What I stated was, that the Conservative party was, by the law of its constitution, necessarily the stupidest party. Now, I do not retract this assertion; but I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and undeniable a fact that I hardly think any hon. Gentleman will question it."
@@berniethekiwidragon4382 ok then what are liberals? Burning down innocent people's businesses and terrorizing communities? Oh wait that cant be it, because they are "peaceful"
@@CrimsonDragon94 Here we go again. BLM protest: over 90% peaceful, but you focus on the few incidents that went bad. Meanwhile, there are plenty more right-wing protests that turn violent and even fatal, to say nothing of domestic attacks, but that does not characterize them at all. Are all lefties good and are all righties bad? No and no, but the tendencies are clear as mud. When you resorted to that absolutism, you are proving the point on the study.
@@berniethekiwidragon4382 are there plenty more right wing protests that turn fatal? I'd imagine tyt would cover them. Capitol riot was one right, there have been loads of BLM ones, so I'm not sure what your point is
Re Conservatives: "People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they feel that they ought to and it makes them feel guilty. So they'll bless and follow anyone who gives them a justification for not thinking." - Ayn Rand
They are conservative so conserving is what makes them less fearful. Risk taking is also black and white. from my experience, they don't think that risk is actually controllable by them. "Don't risk the farm when you can risk a chicken" is a concept above them. Most I knew said Bitcoin is a scam the whole ride from 3k to almost 60k. They would say, you are going to lose everything. I would say, but I never bet everything. Just a chicken off the farm that now is its own farm. The study is true. They don't get it.
@@uncannyvalley2350 It proves a way of thinking. Any investment is limited loss and unlimited upside. The conservatives will just call it a penny stock scam, but not realizing literally millions have gotten rich off it.
When Bitcoin first came into existence, it was a definitively fringe idea, boosted by libertarians and paranoiacs who had a deep mistrust of the government and generally far-right (even anti-democratic) beliefs about society. Now, Bitcoin - and cryptocurrency in general - has moved from the fringe to the mainstream: Virginia Commonwealth University Professor David Golumbia, who recently published a book "The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism," is blowing the whistle on the kinds of far-right ideas and conspiracy theories that not only inspired cryptocurrency's creation, but which are now trafficked, sometimes unknowingly, by many cryptocurrency boosters on both the right and left.
@@macareuxmoine We have listened to his "stuff", which is why we came to our conclusion. Jordan Peterson hates well over half the country and doesn't want human rights for anybody that isn't a white, cishet male. There is no need to debate with such neo-fascist lunatics and if you do, you might as well think that H!tler, Mu$$olini, Stal!n and Mao were lovely people.
I would add that they don’t understand nuance, subtlety, irony and only see things at the surface, unable to delve a little deeper. I guess that would be black and white thinking.
@I PUT MY BALLS ON YOUR DRUM SET you can't fight the science so you fight the scientist. If you have a problem with his conclusion, why don't you posit a new data based theory. Or do you like proving that conservative can't understand critical thinking, and just resort to attacking people?
@Gotta Pee BRB how so, stated the facts pretty much how they are in the report, and then gives his opinion on those facts. What are you saying is a misrepresentation of them?
@Gotta Pee BRB A quote from the study itself. "Political conservatism was best explained by reduced strategic information processing, heightened response caution in perceptual decision-making paradigms, and an aversion to social risk-taking. These three predictors were consistently implicated in the general political conservatism factor, as well as the specific political-ideological orientations studied, such as nationalism, authoritarianism and social conservatism. These data-driven findings are remarkably congruent with existing theoretical and empirical accounts within political psychology and also add important insights. Firstly, the finding that political and nationalistic conservatism is associated with reduced strategic information processing (reflecting variables associated with working memory capacity, planning, cognitive flexibility and other higher-order strategies) is consistent with a large body of literature indicating that right-wing ideologies are frequently associated with reduced analytical thinking and cognitive flexibility. Additionally, conservative political ideology was characterized by a diminished tendency to take social risks such as disagreeing with authority, starting a new career mid-life and speaking publicly about a controversial topic." Maybe you should read the study before trying to claim what it does and does not say.
@Gotta Pee BRB Firstly, if something is subjective, then it is opinion. Secondly, your opinions mean nothing as your only evidence seems to be a biased opinion from events seen through biased eyes. If you can get data to back that up, I'd be willing to read it. All liberals I know have no problems with guns or ownership (most own at least one). Just conservatives unwilling to do anything to keep them out of the hands of those who shouldn't have them.
It's one thing to observe right wingers acting like willfully ignorant dumbasses. It's another to use the scientific method to give more detail and to look for causes.
Thats interesting. I've always leaned towards conservatism and I see those traits in myself. It's very unfortunate and painful to admit. Working on changing
Liberal does not equal beta, and conservative does not equal alpha. Conservative does seem to equal stupid, which you help prove. Gut instincts have no place in discussing facts, policy, and political leaders. I'm not gonna say my gut tells me 2 + 2 = 5 therefore it does, thats insanity. Be better than that, for the sake of our country and society please be much better
The fact that you're self-aware about this and open to this information probably means that you don't need to change much. You already possess key attributes that are antithetical to dogmatic/conservative traits.
You can eliminate ignorance through knowledge via education, but that does make people "smarter". It may make them more knowledgeable. You might move your IQ a few points, but it isn't based on education. But at least people can learn to be more logical - including asking the right questions, taking a hypothalamic pause before answering (take the hormones and emotion out of it), and having logical debate instead of insults. EQ can very much be affected by training however, and we could certainly use more of that. More civil and what used to be considered "adult behavior" would be welcome.
*IM AN AUTHOR ON PSYCHOLOGY* and the brutal fact is right-wing beliefs linked directly to physiological differences that most would call "underdeveloped brains" And extreme religious / right-wing views are *directly* linked to frontal lobe damage, usually as a result of oxygen starvation at birth.
@@NashHinton - Hi, this is my literal field of expertise and you are both correct and incorrect. The connection is the other way around. Sociopathy inevitably leads to right ring extremist views. Narcissism, on the other hand, can lead to either right win OR left wing extremism.
@@user-qo7dy2ih7s - I am a member of Dr. Bani Lee's organisation - the group that published the book "The dangerous case of Donald Trump". We have written to congress many times on this exact issue. Dr Lee has appeared on cable news many times on this.
Well if thats true then we shouldn’t be too worried about them bc they’re not smart enough to take over, as long as we dont fall asleep at the wheel. But this also should mean that we should stop coddling them. We spoon feed them facts but that doesn’t matter bc they literally cant process it
I love the false equivalency of "both sides of the political spectrum pay attention to information that bolsters their individual bias"... In reality the left more often feels supported by studies, facts and evidence while the right feels supported by anecdotes- usually repetitive/loud anecdotes.
@Jack Mehoff Yet you swallow this pseudoscientific study like its gospel. You are so ignorant about the other side that there's no hope for you. Stop spouting BS like you know anything about Conservative voters. Nobody is fooled, you dont think critically nor skeptically. You're just a sheep that touts the party line. Congratulations on highlighting your stupidity for the world to see
We don't do that. If you come to live chat to discuss your beliefs (and not insult people in the room) we can do that. If people start insulting you or bullying you and the mods don't notice, bring it to their attention.
@@GoddessFourWinds Uhh the main man Cenk himself just said all conservatives have something wrong with their brain its in the title... uhh where's the mods at there's insulting going on
The conservative viewpoint is born of the arrogance that you are important, you will one day be rich and that you are superior. The progressive viewpoint is born of the grand realization that you are just as insignificant and ordinary as everyone else.
Actually i would say the progressive viewpoints a born out of virtue and self righteousness. "hay look ma, im a good person who believes all the right things. Everyone who thinks slightly differently than me, deserves to die. Can i have a participation trophy now."
@@Cloudaddy220 One day you'll learn that bragging AT people is embarrassing. Especially internet strangers. I can't see your dick, abs and mansion from here. You might as well tell me you're crown prince of moonbase five. Conservatives are defined by their fear, arrogance and ignorance. You've done a great job demonstrating that for anyone that might scroll through this.
Liberals excitedly watched Perseverance touch down on Mars last week, and are eager to learn more about the evolution of our solar system. Meanwhile, Conservatives believe the universe was created through literal magic by an invisible man who lives in the sky. The study seems accurate.
Seems accurate to me as well. I don't understand people with no curiosity about the wider world and the universe. I watched the Perseverance landing with a great deal of interest and hope for the further exploration of space. Even enjoyed footage of the new JPL command center. What a difference from the days of the old Apollo Missions. I marvel at how my little laptop is more powerful than the mainframes of my youth. The same for my smartphone. It's a big universe out there and it's fascinating.
@The Blame Game Of course my comment paints with broad strokes, as there are conservatives who are not religious and liberals that are. As for Elon, he's been vocal about being socially liberal and fiscally conservative: "To be clear, I am not a conservative. Am registered independent & politically moderate. Doesn’t mean I’m moderate about all issues. Humanitarian issues are extremely important to me & I don’t understand why they are not important to everyone."
All jokes aside, it is a disability. All you have to do is talk to one of them and it’ll show. It use to be funny, but now I feel bad laughing at someone with a disability 🥴
Gotta Pee BRB I wasn’t suggesting Dems aren’t susceptible to conspiracy beliefs, but QAnon belief is in a class by itself. Those other ideas are very “real world” possible even if unlikely. They don’t require leaps into supernatural science fiction horror movie territory, like belief in literal cults that worship satan and torture and kill children so they can drink their blood in rituals, cults so powerful they can make all surface evidence of these acts, including the victims, disappear. And I’m not even getting into the adjacent concepts that have to some degree been absorbed into the QAnon umbrella, such as David Icke’s claims that elites are actually shapeshifting reptilian aliens.
Gotta Pee BRB My unscientific take is while that may have been true in the past, now there is renewed interest around David Icke’s shtick stemming from his Covid claims and the rise of QAnon, so his audience is probably skewing far more right-wing, Trump supporting, and Covid denying. Again, unscientific.
The Blame Game Probably not, but again, there’s no reason to believe anything supernatural is going on at Bohemian Grove, or related to satan worship and human sacrifice. It’s weird for sure, though. Probably the reality behind it is pretty stupid. Like some eccentric frat boy shit for extremely rich and powerful people.
Gotta Pee BRB They were always with us but there were a lot fewer of them. I’m old enough to remember life before the internet, and I remember being in bookstores when I was a kid and there were sometimes small sections devoted to books written by people promoting conspiracy theories, usually mixed in with the “End Times” prediction books by extremist Christian authors. There were newsletters and indie magazines and radio shows for people to share this kind of stuff. But the internet made conspiracy theories explode. David Icke started his grift writing books before the internet but his “fame” occurred once his message spread online. And QAnon as we all know is a uniquely internet-born form of madness.
This certainly could use further examination... Cause if it's possible to spot some signs and figure out what drives the folks more vulnerable to extremism, it would work wonders in devising ways to diffuse and help them. I dunno, that's my optimistic impression of this kind of study...
Makes sense, like they don't understand the meaning of the saying "there's more than one way to skin a cat". It's basically one way to do things, their way. Like they have a hard time "thinking outside the box"
Don't need to study them you just need to talk to one they make no sense but have an opinion about everything
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In the left wings lunatics they don't dispute nonsense?
@@xxbigoopimpinxx I'm disputing your sentence
@@xxbigoopimpinxx whatever this guy doesn't understand is "nonsense" lol.
@@DailyArtTherapy - Maybe try thinking for yourself and work on your critical thinking skills.
Person, woman, man, camera, TV
How’d I do?
You’re definitely a very stable genius!!
You won...
bigly!! 🌼🏆😅
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You made an account and left a comment too. Really solid work, Billy.
Coincidentally studies have concluded that Liberals tend to have higher IQs than their conservative counterpart. Among the American sample, those who identify themselves as “very liberal” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 106.4, whereas those who identify themselves as “very conservative” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 94.8.
Interestingly Scientists were able to decipher the subjects political alignment with an accuracy of 71.6% just by observing their innate brain structure.
Liberals tend to have larger Anterior Cingulate Cortexs and more Grey Matter which means they're more likely to base decisions on scientific evidence, studies, and new information that transcends the old information. They're also more likely to question authority and social norms, feel safer and more secure, favor change, have empathy & compassion, be courageous, take risks, be open-minded, go against the grain, stand up for injustice, and resist conformity.
Conservatives, on the other hand typically have bigger Amygdalas which means they're more likely to make decisions off of emotions associated with fear and anxiety. The amygdala or primative Fear center is sensitive and ways heavily on their decision making. In fact during experiments when cons were made to feel safer their view became more Liberal. They're also more likely to resist change, defer to authority, conform / fall in line, have an attachment to Established norms, sensitive to major social order changes, willingness to limit certain liberties to maintain order, favor orderliness and possess emotionally held beliefs in unfalsifiable mystical beings
Other studies have found that older people and Conservatives are also much more prone to falling for scams than their Liberal counterpart.
"Reduced risk perception": I think it means the inability to evaluate risk. That is why they are afraid of things they don't understand or aren't real dangers while showing no concern for real dangers like climate change or covid-19.
The irony on top of this: many right-wingers dream of eugenics.
@@vishaalpandya8880 because people have a right to decide weather they are ready/wanting to bring an other life into this f**ked world instead of being forced to have it and either give it up or not being able to fully provide for it for 20yrs
@@JDKobra so they have a right to end a life. You just proved his point
@@vishaalpandya8880
"abortion is eugenics"
Our left-wing advocacy for the right to abortion has to do less with controlling the society's gene pool than with ensuring good parenthood. Unplanned pregnancy and birth, including that from rape, tends to end up with a mentally and financially insecure household or orphaning. If you care about "family values" as right-wingers like to claim to, you would support planned pregnancy, for which the right to abortion is crucial, especially for cases where the woman didn't even consent to the intercourse.
Does Miranda not realize the study is literally pro eugenics?
Moviebob moment indeed.
@@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster
"the study is literally pro eugenics"
Neuropsychological tests and personality surveys are not literally pro-eugenics. The study does not argue for restricting the reproduction of conservatives.
Fancy way of saying they have the bad brains.
Abby Normal
@@lordeverybody872 😆 Haven't watched Young Frankenstein in years!
Coincidentally studies have concluded that Liberals tend to have higher IQs than their conservative counterpart. Among the American sample, those who identify themselves as “very liberal” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 106.4, whereas those who identify themselves as “very conservative” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 94.8.
Interestingly Scientists were able to decipher the subjects political alignment with an accuracy of 71.6% just by observing their innate brain structure.
Liberals tend to have larger Anterior Cingulate Cortexs and more Grey Matter which means they're more likely to base decisions on scientific evidence, studies, and new information that transcends the old information. They're also more likely to question authority and social norms, feel safer and more secure, favor change, have empathy & compassion, be courageous, take risks, be open-minded, go against the grain, stand up for injustice, and resist conformity.
Conservatives, on the other hand typically have bigger Amygdalas which means they're more likely to make decisions off of emotions associated with fear and anxiety. The amygdala or primative Fear center is sensitive and ways heavily on their decision making. In fact during experiments when cons were made to feel safer their view became more Liberal. They're also more likely to resist change, defer to authority, conform / fall in line, have an attachment to Established norms, sensitive to major social order changes, willingness to limit certain liberties to maintain order, favor orderliness and possess emotionally held beliefs in unfalsifiable mystical beings
Other studies have found that older people and Conservatives are also much more prone to falling for scams than their Liberal counterpart.
@@Counter-Intuitive great info, thanks for sharing! Crazy they can guess your political views my looking at your brain like that.
Not really. Just not as complex and nuanced.
This is hilarious. I can not tell you how many times conservatives tell me that "liberalism" is a mental disorder". It just goes to show you how well they project.
Yeah, it IS hilarious, watching fat brown Cenk Uygur cherry picking a study that says extremists are less rational and morph that into conservatives and conservatives only.
The irony is that your willingness to swallow a bullshit study demonstrates you have no capacity for critical thinking
@@uncannyvalley2350 proved true? How, you moron?
@@uncannyvalley2350 which is exactly what YOU did.
Yeah and people on the other side dont say the same think about conservatives? Have you read these comments lmao?
Could of told you this without even needing a study
Lol I was about to write the same thing 😂😂😂
*Could have
@@luminatron I think they meant to say "could've"
@@h.a.s.7612 lol
On the contrary, a study was necessary to make that observation an official established and irrefutable fact.
This just in: water is wet.
Technically its not
is fire burnt?
Is that an absolute fact?
This is your brain, this is your brain on GQP.
This comment is underrated
You mean with the DNC
Any questions?
3:08 - Cenk drawing conclusions from one study that has not been peer-reviewed based on only 330. You know what that means Cenk is not that bright.💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
Just say NO!
Finally somebody has printed what everyone knew but nobody spoke out loud
Yea, I definitely already spoke it out loud 😅
@@laurenwalker1048 I wonder what will happen to fox news people the I will pay to see their reaction to this and who they will attack on this
@Lincoln D bro I have met many conservatives and seen a lot of them on TV they believe only what one person says they don't believe in government and its institutions and back division agendas and always think someone is out to get them I read the study and it shows people havingall these horrible features
@Lincoln D the line between extremists and conservatives is virtually non existent thanks to trump there are these conservatives who had moral principles and have abandoned them to bow to the cult of trump and are embracing extremists. I'm talking about those people but yes there are conservatives who stuck to their moral code and principles but what is happening to them they are being pushed out or sidelined for having a moral and ethical code the republican party will soon need to be renamed as extremists party if they continue to kiss Trump's ass
@Lincoln D his policy was attack anyone who was different who didn't agree with him and that's is what is extremist about it and why did so many extremists come out in support of him and he didn't condemn any of them cuz he also supports that cuz it masks away from his narcissistic behaviour he doesn't care what happens to anyone else
Nothing we don't already know just by listening to a Trump rally, but nice to have the science to back it up.
Actually a lot some of us may not know rexxy
Yeah, this is the problem I've found with arguing with conservatives - no ability to understand nuance. None what so-ever.
It's like playing chess with a chicken... they just knock over all the pieces and poop all over the board.
The fact that it's so common for conservatives to not understand the suffering of others until they, themselves, experience the same pain alone tells me that there's something wrong with them upstairs.
And even when they experience it themselves many stay in the same thought pattern. Like being put on a ventilator because covid and telling nurses and doctors they don't believe it's covid it must be something else.
I blame America's hyper competitive society for this. It blocks the development of empathy in adolescent minds especially boys.
@@DaturaReapicusJones wow, yes our school system has issues but that's not one of them, because as far as I'm aware that's not a real thing.
@@DaturaReapicusJones I completely agree with that statement I think you misunderstood what I said.
@@DaturaReapicusJones no I completely disagree with that statement we can and seem to agree on the contents of the problem and the consequences of the problem, however you're just adding more contents, that I as an individual would need evidence for. That's the difference we agree the problem ( with regards to the us K through 12 education system ) you're just adding one extra thing that I don't agree with
Talking with them this all becomes clear, within 5 seconds they stop listening, make it personal, breakout the "Whataboutism" and go to other peoples talking points.
Whataboutism is a fantastic tool. I use it all the time. It exposes hypocrisy and shines a bright spotlight on that which liberals seek to hide.
@@X2LR8 until we use your own weapons against you. Then you don't like it very much. Y'all are real quick to call out and dismiss it as whataboutism then.
You will likely not hear an original point from a conservative. But no matter what, u will NEVER hear a conservative offer a response or rebuttal that they thought of in real time. Conservatives don't think on their feet well. Their working memory appears stalled
@@X2LR8 so you are saying you decide to drop a conversation in favor of injecting a narrative in an attempt to embarrass who you are talking with rather than defending your point with actual credence?
@@vishaalpandya8880 conservatives are alot of things but ideologically consistent aint one of em.
I've personally found the best way to communicate with hard core conservatives is to walk away from them. I simply do not have to attend every pointless argument or debate I'm invited to. Being real,..all they do is talk in circles some of which are larger than others but,..always in circles.
These are two very credible and reasonable debate strategies, a third might be to tell them to F O
@@homespuncovers89 Agreed. I feel no need to be conciliatory towards hypocrites who are intellectually or otherwise dishonest. And this is exactly what conservatives are.
But what about?!? That 's all they got
@@CinCee- Yep, you can't reach these people with logic. Facts enrage them.
This is why education is important.
@Jing Bot here we go more conspiracy theories blame Betsy devos and dipshits like her
@Jing Bot this is fair enough 😃 yeah, your school system really needs to be a bit more like the scandinavian one 😃
@Jing Bot this 😃
I guess it depends on your definition of education
Not sure if that really helps all that much for them. It seems like a wiring issue.
Edited for fat thumbs on a tiny keyboard. Really tired of that.
No need of a study to know that after the last 5 years. You can't discuss with people when everything is black and white, for or against, good or bad. The world and humans are full of nuances...
The headline here is unfair. I am progressive but I want to represent this research better.
The research measured extremism and conservatism as two different things.
"If our mind tends to react to stimuli with caution, it may also be attracted by cautious and conservative ideologies. If we struggle to process and plan complex action sequences, we may be drawn to more extreme ideologies that simplify the world and our role within it."
So then a mind may be prone to react to stimuli with caution and be conservative, but the same mind may be able to process more complex ideas, and thus not be an extremist.
@Gotta Pee BRB but which wing actually acts out those extremists views? for example let’s say I don’t know invade a country’s capital or something 🤷🏽♂️ that wing isn’t the one we should be concerned about or use this as evidence or correlating piece as to why that wing acts out in such violence right ? 🤪
@@bobdole2184 so..did the summer of rioting and looting just not happen in your mind?
@@m_6232 that wasn't political. Only people with an agenda made that political. Why is it impossible to be a blm Trump supporter.
Thank you.
What is interesting about science is how it can help us. Not be used as a weapon.
If it is true that a certain type of brain is more prone to right wing extremism then that does not mean it will automatically follow that they become far right extremists.
Some are more prone to be alcoholics but that does not mean they will be drunks. Done of the most progressive people I know are former victims of personality cults.
There are certainly other factors. Yes we have always had militias and such but before MAGA we didn’t really have it at this level.
So then the question becomes what do we do with this knowledge and how do we prevent extremism? Other countries in Europe have a left and a right, but they are not nearly as polarized as we are. We cannot pretend that their conservative brains are somehow inherently different,
This is the conversation that needs to be had. What do we do with this data and what other research questions should we ask?
Dogmatic person mean CLOSE-MINDED.
Dogmatism is one of the factor that have a negative effect on wellbeing.
Religious Dogmatism is the most dangerous factor against wellbeing.
Dogmatic individuals have an inflexible cognitive system that emerges as a stable personality trait and decreases their adjustment with environment
@@MrJay-tv2vt I hate when the phrase "open minded" and "extrimist" thrown casually in order tolerate the intolerable. Those terms are negotiable terms.
@@DaturaReapicusJones I suppose you are conservative and you are triggered by this youtube channel. Shouldn't you be watching Fox news?
Their fear stems from themselves. They're afraid that if they lose power that they will be treated as they have treated others. Still a position of selfishness in their fear.
You can't fix stupid, but at least you can identify those people by their Trump gear 🤣
You sound butthurt, evolution is real, Q-Anon is not and only RepubliKKKlans commit voter fraud like you tried in 2020 but failed miserably.
Yes you can fix stupid if you know how and invest the time.. And I don't see anyone as stupid... You want change address the fears and greed... Dont just toss people aside because they are diminished...
@Lincoln D I think you're the one who's been easily fooled 😅😅😅
@Lincoln D um why hasn't the FBI picked you up yet for storming the capitol?😅😅😅😅😅
@@kirarakurokawa8747 ok,JLM Japanese Lives matter too, Happy now?😅😅😅😅😅
There are 2 types of people. Those who have an intellectual need to understand certain things and those who have a psychological need to believe certain things.
Boils down to having good reason for things one believes. A person who wants to belive things that are true vs what they want to be true. Many believe what they want (self-delusion) and it's often black and white thinking. Being a good skeptic and seeking to understand what, why and how first.
And they always wondered why Trump wins so big in the uneducated voter classes 🤣
To be fair...only if they're white.
@@missano3856 Well, the main reason minorities, even if uneducated, don't vote republican is because the hate is targeting them. They FEEL the systemic injustices. The reality is they would probably think the same if they were in a majority.
They lash out due to ignorance. This is why College educated people mostly don't vote conservative.
CPAP: How to breath when you are obese and asleep
CPAC: How to choke when you are stupid and asleep
"Problems with risk perception" also means fearlessness, as in discounting the existence or seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The beautiful thing about science is..it’s about facts. It doesn’t “take sides” or sways. It is what it is..so if some conservatives get offended..so be it...
You simply ignore the part about extremists. And focus on the conservative side. Cute.
Science may not have biases, but scientists almost always do. Scepticism used to be a bedrock foundation of the scientific method. Now science is used as a cudgel against ones ideological opponent, and scepticism is seen as anti-science.
The problem is fear. The solution is empathy.
Yes extremist views, like men competing against women in sports.
Yeah these comments are way to hypocritical and way too strong of superiority undertones to be taken seriously. (And no I'm not right wing, just think this comments section is a political groupthink wasteland)
It was Biden who recently signed an executive order that's going to allow transgender men who believe they are women to be allowed to play in women's sports. That stroke of the pen clearly degraded women's rights. Think about the fundamental muscular differences between the male body and the female body which trans drugs can't eliminate. This channel is bias to the inth degree. Insulting and inaccurate. And the title is grammatically incorrect, so don't insult our intelligence. A sweeping judgment against conservatives is simply wrong. I'm sure this channel wouldn't appreciate a sweeping judgment against progressives that is that hateful. There's always going to be a sect of people, on the left and on the right who emotionally react rather than think. I don't see them doing a study on the extremist leftists, which would probably reveal similar impulsive results.
@@cynthiahash2730 first off women play men's sports, second hormonal therapy does in fact deteriorate muscle mass. But your prejudices stop you from accepting that people are just trying to get through life
@@tonimcclary1715there are biological differences between men and women. It's a fact. It's not something that needs convincing. It just is. They teach it in medical school. It's important biology. No amount of disapproval will change that. It's not so hard to understand that there are biological advantages to being male in certain sports. We have real life examples of its effects - look at the winners of woman sports - biological men.
@jshowa o what's the dispute then? If these differences are biological *advantages* ? Look at the stats, they speak for themselves. And what you said is not true, some loonys argue that there are no biological differences. Just because *you* are smarter than these other loonys, doesn't excuse the entire clan. So, if you want to shift the argument, let me know your views.
Wilhelm Reich wrote a book on this subject a long time ago, entitled "The Authoritarian Personality."
Fox News and Christianity have really done a number on these type of people.
It’s a moving target: Research by Nattavudh Powdthavee and Andrew J. Oswald, who find that even “[lottery] winners tend to switch towards support for a right-wing political party and to become less egalitarian. The larger the win, the more people tilt to the right.”
Can't agree more except that they are not Christians but they think they are
Good Christians do not lie and rejoice in evil but in the truth
Followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, who are called "genuine Christians" endeavor to think, talk and act like Jesus and not the devil
Maybe thats why many wish to return to "a simpler time".
Because they’re all simple?
But it wasn't simpler back then.
simple times desired for simple ppl
The end result of a poor inconsistently funded education system.
I agree with your sentiment. We are getting EXACTLY what we are paying for.
Not all brains work the same.
Like the article tries to point out. Some people can't comprehend anything more complex than a binary choice of yes/no black/white.
It needs to be kept simple, for simple unevolved brains.
I'm not trying to mean. It's just DNA.
If you think it's just conservatives that are like this. You are a simple-minded as they are.
This makes me ANGRY! 😤 Those Ivy League educated politicians KNOW their constituents aren't as bright as them, that they're afraid and easily triggered. THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE of the poor and vulnerable!
Ya know a lot of those college educated politicians on the left do want to expand public education for everyone across the nation, and lower the poverty rate. It's mostly GOP representatives that block that type of funding, and instead give tax cuts to cooperations.
I've seen a number of other results that back this up, in particular conservatives tend to have larger amygdalas than the rest of us and their amygdalas are more active. (The amygdala reacts to fear.)
That said, I have to wonder how that ties in with the divide between conservatives and progressives becoming greater and greater. A growing divide suggests that the causes are environmental, rather than genetic.
This study wasn’t necessary.... trying to have conversation with one is evidence enough. It’s like the show hoarders when they ask for help but stop you from throwing anything away...like let me help you help you
You come away from a conversation with one with a mix of amusement, annoyance and revulsion. Their ignorance is annoying and sickening. They lack the sense God gave to the common dog....etc.
@@MrJay-tv2vt Must suck, luckily I have friends who can perform in reasonable discussion.
@@MrJay-tv2vt Labels help make discussion easier. Not everyone is a philosophy major. I believe its mostly from hearsay that people get their opinions from. And its very difficult to pinpoint peoples actuall beliefs. For example, proud boys say they are anti racist and apolitical, but I see them as fascisitic for they vote Trump. I understand what you mean though, all people are emotional many Moreso than others and emotion needs no justification.
@@MrJay-tv2vt I don't think the issues with labels I think the issue is with how people use generalities, since labels are just generalities, we can use labels to describe groups of people but we should try not to use labels to describe individual people. Again as another comment said it is easier to use labels to make the discussion faster, and more comprehensible. Yes we shouldn't be using labels on individuals but labels are useful when talking about General populations.
Coincidentally studies have concluded that Liberals tend to have higher IQs than their conservative counterpart. Among the American sample, those who identify themselves as “very liberal” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 106.4, whereas those who identify themselves as “very conservative” in early adulthood have a mean childhood IQ of 94.8.
Interestingly Scientists were able to decipher the subjects political alignment with an accuracy of 71.6% just by observing their innate brain structure.
Liberals tend to have larger Anterior Cingulate Cortexs and more Grey Matter which means they're more likely to base decisions on scientific evidence, studies, and new information that transcends the old information. They're also more likely to question authority and social norms, feel safer and more secure, favor change, have empathy & compassion, be courageous, take risks, be open-minded, go against the grain, stand up for injustice, and resist conformity.
Conservatives, on the other hand typically have bigger Amygdalas which means they're more likely to make decisions off of emotions associated with fear and anxiety. The amygdala or primative Fear center is sensitive and ways heavily on their decision making. In fact during experiments when cons were made to feel safer their view became more Liberal. They're also more likely to resist change, defer to authority, conform / fall in line, have an attachment to Established norms, sensitive to major social order changes, willingness to limit certain liberties to maintain order, favor orderliness and possess emotionally held beliefs in unfalsifiable mystical beings
Other studies have found that older people and Conservatives are also much more prone to falling for scams than their Liberal counterpart.
When you learn to just throw up your hands and say "Jesus will fix things" or "God has a plan" then you award yourself a gold plated excuse to stop thinking and solve problems. The mind goes to sleep...
and you think anybody who disagrees is a lowlife. Republican Whites in particular are Scared of change.
Im not surprised. Their minds are subconsciously unable to turn off the ability to judge others...it must be the same region of the brain that learns empathy.
As you judge with no empathy..
No one can "turn off the ability to judge others". All you can do is be intelligent enough to judge your judgements, and adjust your actions according to fairness.
@@m_6232 it actually has nothing to do with empathy. The problem is that the amygdala, in these people, is able to overpower the prefrontal cortex much more efficiently than in other groups. Fear shuts down critical thinking, literally.
What do you expect? They think a giant bearded guy who lives in the clouds will throw you into the pit if you don't grovel at his feet unconditionally.
Your right I should decide my fate based on how the stars aligned with my shiny rock
@@jobinjoseph1898 or maybe you could decide your fate through actions and choices?
@@jobinjoseph1898 *you're
@@Ed_Warrior sorry I'm conservative
@@joshdavis416 or how about you do both and decide based on common sense. Some biblical rules do make sense. And some don't. Same for science you can beat someone's head over with facts but come across as condescending. You'll never reach a common ground and never get to persuade someone to see things from your side. But my feelings tell me you rather end up in a civil war.
I'm honestly fed up with both sides. You're all idiots, because you lost the ability to see the humanity in the other.
You mean the insurrectionist who wore the horns, animal skins, and facepaint when he stormed the Capitol *isn't good at processing information?*
No way.
Would you say the same about the ravenous terrorists who killed people and burned cities while the current president kneeled before them?
Goes far beyond costume, Sunset
I guess it’s good to have more empirical evidence to bolster what was already blatantly obvious and easily observable....
@En Lightning trickle down economics is a leftist simplification(due to their mental capacity being feeble) that creating a business friendly environment is good for the economy which has been proven even in the last four years with a record breaking economy. Slavery still occurs in africa and the middle east and occured all over the world the only thing America is unique in is that it had it's bloodiest civil war in an effort to stop it(which just so happens to have been under a republican president) I admit jim crow was bad can you admit mainstream racism towards white people on the basis of their skin color alone? (See the myth of white privilege and toxic whiteness or the horrible mainstream dnc platform of slavery reparations) the drug war benefits both parties politicians however only one in recent history exited office with no new armed conflicts(the orange man) does irrefutable evidence of voter fraud a vote spike that occured after counting and the general refusal to hear any evidence despite it's presence being well known scream rational to you? If it was so easily refuted why not give the movement a chance to hang itself on its own words? The capitol insurrection is far less destructive than the blm and antifa riots and they were called hero's who killed innocent people on the grounds a drug addict scum bag being killed. Show me your critical thinking skills liberal
THIS IS THE CONVERSATION WE NEEDED TO HAVE LIKE 100s OF YEARS AGO.
Hypersensitivie Amygdala.
People who beat people to death then take selfies with the dead body smiling....they don't just get humane one day. These people have been left alone to breed. I have been screaming it; these isolated spaces need quality mental health, even if we need to give them tax breaks or make it a part of receiving government help, food stamps etc...
PLEASE PRESENT MORE STUDIES LIKE THESE FOR CONVERSATION. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS.
I like you guys but the title is misleading for a number of reasons:
1) This study isn’t about what being conservative does to your brain.
2) It’s about the psychological profiles of right wing extremists
3) Not all conservatives are extremist
4) Not all conservatives are intellectually inferior
I’m afraid you really let us down on this one, you guys.
Look at how many of them voted for the worst person ever for potus. This isn't normal, most of these ppl weren't born this way. It's not only the "training" (upbringing and child-abuse religion), it's a result of multiple factors. I'd wager the majority of them were raised in poverty or not much better. With poverty, children don't eat so well, they eat more crap food (including lots of refined sugar), which is so bad for the body, brain and nervous system. As a kid raised in poverty, I remember not being able to concentrate when reading or when listening to someone speaking (but still sharp enough to make good grades). Impoverished ones are more likely to live in more polluted areas, drink lower quality water... So many things that will ill-effect their minds and hearts. I don't even remember much of my childhood due to trauma (with poverty, children are more likely to endure multiple types of abuse). It wasn't until I started working as a teen, having my own money, and buying my own healthy foods, that I started coming out of that "fog" of eating low-quality foods (and eventually learned to avoid the hell out of mainstream docs ... going on a quarter of a century without them). Plus, when a poor kid already isn't very healthy, you add to it all the stupid things mainstream medical quackery does to them. For example, a well-fed kid might take your beloved science juice well (body can more easily process it) whereas an unhealthy (especially still-developing) kid is going to have very bad reactions to their mainstream quack meds (I know from lots of experience). But of course, those reactions may be delayed, and oh-my certainly not attributed to your white-coat gods (cha-ching matters, heh).
Again, it matters how we raise our children. If we don't make them our top priority, we're not going to get off this runaway self-loathing/world-destructive train. I really feel many of these "stupid" (and heartless) ppl weren't born that way. Also note, as nutty and heartless as they can be about many/most things, they aren't wrong about everything. it comes to mind that former Q-anon guy you interviewed (former police chief, as I recall). He said some things that were good/right, that you agreed with, but overall it still seemed like a lot of crazy was running around in his head, like all the dots didn't quite connect. But he didn't seem totally stupid, even kind of articulate. I feel if he, like many, had been brought up in a different environment, he would be a different (better) person. Job One, as a society we've got to realize that teaching religious sh*t to children (brainwashing) is abuse. And at the very least strongly, relentlessly, counter it in any and every way that we can. Make the parents responsible when a hate-taught child harms another. Also realize that poverty tends to create traumatized, emotionally-screwed, and seemingly stupid ppl. AND that when a child sees how we as a society treat our ppl (homelessness, enslavement via unconscionably low wages, and so many injustices going unpunished), it teaches them that human life isn't valuable. Certainly not over money. More than from books, children learn from what they see us do.
I hope you don't like air travel that much, because the vast majority of airline pilots are conservatives. I haven't met one that was fearful yet.
Conservatives want you to live YOUR life by THEIR values and religion....... But they also want the government to stay out of their lives but they want the government to interfere in your life if they don't like what you're doing.
"Progressives" want you to live YOUR life by THEIR values and religion....... But they also want the government to stay out of their lives but they want the government to interfere in your life if they don't like what you're doing.
So Ivy, you got your order in for fat brown Cenk's book?
that's it in a nutshell.
@@Uhtredrag1080 So I guess it's progressives telling gay people they can't get married or telling women what to do with their bodies? 🤔 Nope that's conservatives...... I guess progressives are demanding that everyone pray in school regardless of religion.
@@Uhtredrag1080 If you're referring to climate change that has to deal with the earth a will affect EVERYONE. Two gay people getting arrived doesn't affect me and my husband or my kids...... there's no gaydar that goes off and let's straight married couples know when gay people get married.
Also, another study showed that they actually have larger amygdala.
I remember Cenk's old video on that. It's why fearmongering resonates with conservatives so well--because the fear centers in their brains are larger.
No but okay lmao
@@DaturaReapicusJones I'm not a conservative but damn, look how fast it took you to be called a fascist out of the blue😂
This goes a long way towards explaining how the Republicans manage to stay relevant despite next to never doing anything of substantial value for the people...
I think you're mistaken. I'm pretty sure that's the Democrats
@@xxbigoopimpinxx not saying they are great, considering many of them also take money from the same sponsors as the republicans have, but economically the Republicans have always been at the forefront of taking the bribes from the rich to run their errands and they're not even ashamed to do so...
I'm genuinely curious to hear what you think the republicans has spearheaded that has been for the economic well-being of the citizens though? Please enlighten me if you can, cause all I see is they screwing over the people and siding with the wealthy every chance they get...
Love how mad conservatives are getting. Whenever you’re ready, get ready to re-channel that anger into coming back to REALITY.....
Very interesting. I would say, improve the education system. There are ways to do this that stimulate critical thinking!
Fear is extremely dangerous. I grew up afraid in an extremist Christian home with my Dad being Trump without money or power but the same power hungry person. I cannot express how cult like it was and still is to people who believed the lie. First he was a Pastor then he created is own cult with an upgrade in title from "God" of Apostle. You were not allowed to think for yourself because if you don't listen and vibe with the message everyone's else believes Satan had control of you.
I wish I had the words to express how damage on person from a small city in Wisconsin did to make people angry and extremely fearful. Fear=Danger when it's in the wrong context.
This is nothing new but is now exposed.
@I PUT MY BALLS ON YOUR DRUM SET Did you enjoy taking part in the study?
309 people have trouble with processing evidence.
There are a lot of studies that come to this same conclusion
The cloud people, obviously. OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE!!!
@@DaturaReapicusJones universities
@@DaturaReapicusJones I'm sure it is
The Guardian not making it clear what "Etremeist" means in your face, it's because they know conservatives won't read the actual context.
WHAT DO YOU SEE IN RELIGION....SAME DAMN THING .
I tend to agree, but there are a lot of religious socially left thinking people who believe in those fairytales as well though ;) I do think their chances of growing out of religion are higher..
I'm an atheist and a conservative alot of them are what's your point?
@@hughjanus5897 Bull , the overwhelming majority of Conservatives are religious .
They could have just consulted John Stewart Mill and save themselves the trouble.
"What I stated was, that the Conservative party was, by the law of its constitution, necessarily the stupidest party. Now, I do not retract this assertion; but I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and undeniable a fact that I hardly think any hon. Gentleman will question it."
Best headline you guys have ever done.
@Lincoln D "People with extreme views, dogmatic views, who just see the world as black and white". Who are they? Conservatives.
@@berniethekiwidragon4382 ok then what are liberals? Burning down innocent people's businesses and terrorizing communities? Oh wait that cant be it, because they are "peaceful"
@@CrimsonDragon94 Here we go again. BLM protest: over 90% peaceful, but you focus on the few incidents that went bad. Meanwhile, there are plenty more right-wing protests that turn violent and even fatal, to say nothing of domestic attacks, but that does not characterize them at all. Are all lefties good and are all righties bad? No and no, but the tendencies are clear as mud. When you resorted to that absolutism, you are proving the point on the study.
@@berniethekiwidragon4382 are there plenty more right wing protests that turn fatal? I'd imagine tyt would cover them. Capitol riot was one right, there have been loads of BLM ones, so I'm not sure what your point is
@@osas2888 Protest is not the correct word, perhaps. There are many right-wing attacks, though, from mass shootings to planned kidnappings.
I never was more excited to see the comment section than I am right now. ☝️👇🤣
It is wild and tame
Re Conservatives:
"People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they feel that they ought to and it makes them feel guilty. So they'll bless and follow anyone who gives them a justification for not thinking."
- Ayn Rand
They are conservative so conserving is what makes them less fearful. Risk taking is also black and white. from my experience, they don't think that risk is actually controllable by them. "Don't risk the farm when you can risk a chicken" is a concept above them. Most I knew said Bitcoin is a scam the whole ride from 3k to almost 60k. They would say, you are going to lose everything. I would say, but I never bet everything. Just a chicken off the farm that now is its own farm. The study is true. They don't get it.
@@uncannyvalley2350 It proves a way of thinking. Any investment is limited loss and unlimited upside. The conservatives will just call it a penny stock scam, but not realizing literally millions have gotten rich off it.
@@uncannyvalley2350 The bitcoin blockchain technology leaves a trail. Nobody can escape bitcoin. Nobody can hide.
When Bitcoin first came into existence, it was a definitively fringe idea, boosted by libertarians and paranoiacs who had a deep mistrust of the government and generally far-right (even anti-democratic) beliefs about society. Now, Bitcoin - and cryptocurrency in general - has moved from the fringe to the mainstream:
Virginia Commonwealth University Professor David Golumbia, who recently published a book "The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism," is blowing the whistle on the kinds of far-right ideas and conspiracy theories that not only inspired cryptocurrency's creation, but which are now trafficked, sometimes unknowingly, by many cryptocurrency boosters on both the right and left.
*Man, woman, person, camera, TV*
Lol
Now is it that people like this tend to be conservative or being conservative makes you like this?
I think being conservative makes you like this
@@austin5944 gotchu
@@macareuxmoine Jordan Peterson is a moron just like the people in these studies. Lobster papa shouldn't be taken seriously.
Prior. But it probably gets reinforced .
@@macareuxmoine We have listened to his "stuff", which is why we came to our conclusion. Jordan Peterson hates well over half the country and doesn't want human rights for anybody that isn't a white, cishet male. There is no need to debate with such neo-fascist lunatics and if you do, you might as well think that H!tler, Mu$$olini, Stal!n and Mao were lovely people.
Hey take it from Major Tard Greene, trust the science.. 😂
Yep, she said it.
Title is priceless 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🍷🍷🍷
I didn't know they had the ability to think.
👍😂😂😂😂
I do and I probably disagree with you on everything
I would add that they don’t understand nuance, subtlety, irony and only see things at the surface, unable to delve a little deeper. I guess that would be black and white thinking.
@I PUT MY BALLS ON YOUR DRUM SET you can't fight the science so you fight the scientist. If you have a problem with his conclusion, why don't you posit a new data based theory. Or do you like proving that conservative can't understand critical thinking, and just resort to attacking people?
@Gotta Pee BRB how so, stated the facts pretty much how they are in the report, and then gives his opinion on those facts. What are you saying is a misrepresentation of them?
@Gotta Pee BRB A quote from the study itself. "Political conservatism was best explained by reduced strategic information processing, heightened response caution in perceptual decision-making paradigms, and an aversion to social risk-taking. These three predictors were consistently implicated in the general political conservatism factor, as well as the specific political-ideological orientations studied, such as nationalism, authoritarianism and social conservatism. These data-driven findings are remarkably congruent with existing theoretical and empirical accounts within political psychology and also add important insights. Firstly, the finding that political and nationalistic conservatism is associated with reduced strategic information processing (reflecting variables associated with working memory capacity, planning, cognitive flexibility and other higher-order strategies) is consistent with a large body of literature indicating that right-wing ideologies are frequently associated with reduced analytical thinking and cognitive flexibility. Additionally, conservative political ideology was characterized by a diminished tendency to take social risks such as disagreeing with authority, starting a new career mid-life and speaking publicly about a controversial topic."
Maybe you should read the study before trying to claim what it does and does not say.
@Gotta Pee BRB Firstly, if something is subjective, then it is opinion. Secondly, your opinions mean nothing as your only evidence seems to be a biased opinion from events seen through biased eyes. If you can get data to back that up, I'd be willing to read it. All liberals I know have no problems with guns or ownership (most own at least one). Just conservatives unwilling to do anything to keep them out of the hands of those who shouldn't have them.
@I PUT MY BALLS ON YOUR DRUM SET do you have any data or counter study to back this up, or do you like proving this study right?
So when I say it, It gets overlooked but when it's a study all of sudden people understand. I didn't need a study to figure that out.
It's one thing to observe right wingers acting like willfully ignorant dumbasses. It's another to use the scientific method to give more detail and to look for causes.
Donald Trumpy: Man, woman, person, camera, TV... See, I'm not nuts...
Conservatives do tend to be simple minded. Knew this for years.
Thank you for reporting these facts.
Ah yes let's generalize and label, the American way
No, the liberal way.
Smh
You literally just generalized and labeled people yourself, hypocrite. Smh
@@namelessjedi2242 nope, just stating a fact based on all the unintelligent comments here.
Smh
This would really Sting conservatives if had the capacity to understand the words in this study
Don't worry about upsetting conservatives with this study, it is too complex for them to understand.
Thats interesting. I've always leaned towards conservatism and I see those traits in myself. It's very unfortunate and painful to admit. Working on changing
Changing into what, a beta TYT liberal? Your gut instinct is almost always the right one, learn to trust it.
Liberal does not equal beta, and conservative does not equal alpha. Conservative does seem to equal stupid, which you help prove. Gut instincts have no place in discussing facts, policy, and political leaders. I'm not gonna say my gut tells me 2 + 2 = 5 therefore it does, thats insanity. Be better than that, for the sake of our country and society please be much better
The fact that you're self-aware about this and open to this information probably means that you don't need to change much. You already possess key attributes that are antithetical to dogmatic/conservative traits.
Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. - William James (attrib.)
Another reason to improve education and get the population as a whole smarter.
You can eliminate ignorance through knowledge via education, but that does make people "smarter". It may make them more knowledgeable. You might move your IQ a few points, but it isn't based on education.
But at least people can learn to be more logical - including asking the right questions, taking a hypothalamic pause before answering (take the hormones and emotion out of it), and having logical debate instead of insults.
EQ can very much be affected by training however, and we could certainly use more of that. More civil and what used to be considered "adult behavior" would be welcome.
Our species is doomed!
*IM AN AUTHOR ON PSYCHOLOGY* and the brutal fact is right-wing beliefs linked directly to physiological differences that most would call "underdeveloped brains"
And extreme religious / right-wing views are *directly* linked to frontal lobe damage, usually as a result of oxygen starvation at birth.
@@NashHinton - Hi, this is my literal field of expertise and you are both correct and incorrect. The connection is the other way around. Sociopathy inevitably leads to right ring extremist views. Narcissism, on the other hand, can lead to either right win OR left wing extremism.
@@user-qo7dy2ih7s - I am a member of Dr. Bani Lee's organisation - the group that published the book "The dangerous case of Donald Trump". We have written to congress many times on this exact issue. Dr Lee has appeared on cable news many times on this.
LOL. Wow. Have you ever talked with a conservative?
No, I couldn't keep up.
I walk away, it's my way of censoring them.
And then I feel good about winning the debate.
; )
@@teelee6752 ahh yes censor anyone you don’t agree with sounds about liberal
Wr already knew that these people aren't quite right mentally. This is just a little bit of proof for it.
You must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
They struggle to think at all.
Unfortunately they lose every battle.
Do they? What about the battle that had you guys crying for four years? Seems like they won that battle..
Well if thats true then we shouldn’t be too worried about them bc they’re not smart enough to take over, as long as we dont fall asleep at the wheel. But this also should mean that we should stop coddling them. We spoon feed them facts but that doesn’t matter bc they literally cant process it
@@GomezMedia1 How did they win that battle when ultimately it cost them the House the Senate and the Presidency?
@@victoriawilliams2786 if thats the case no one will ever win a battle. Democrats got 2020, republicans got 2016, its really not rocket science.
My family is stricken with conservatism, and their insurance doesn't cover it.
I love the false equivalency of "both sides of the political spectrum pay attention to information that bolsters their individual bias"... In reality the left more often feels supported by studies, facts and evidence while the right feels supported by anecdotes- usually repetitive/loud anecdotes.
That's a load of sh*t
@Jack Mehoff Yet you swallow this pseudoscientific study like its gospel. You are so ignorant about the other side that there's no hope for you. Stop spouting BS like you know anything about Conservative voters. Nobody is fooled, you dont think critically nor skeptically. You're just a sheep that touts the party line. Congratulations on highlighting your stupidity for the world to see
@Jack Mehoff false
@Jack Mehoff libtards are human scum
Too bad they don’t believe in scientific studies 😂😂😂
This study dosent apply to us
No Cenk blocking out all ideas that you don't agree with is what's scary
We don't do that. If you come to live chat to discuss your beliefs (and not insult people in the room) we can do that. If people start insulting you or bullying you and the mods don't notice, bring it to their attention.
@@GoddessFourWinds Uhh the main man Cenk himself just said all conservatives have something wrong with their brain its in the title... uhh where's the mods at there's insulting going on
@@c0d3x77 What title?
I mean...I'm not surprised.
"Conservatives struggle to think rationally."
You guys are funny, keep up the good work buddies. 👍
“Person, woman, man, camera, TV.” That’s about the extent of their cognitive abilities.
Lol
That was a very hard test and Trump passed it better than anyone else. Some say it was the most difficult test ever and he passed it bigly.
The conservative viewpoint is born of the arrogance that you are important, you will one day be rich and that you are superior. The progressive viewpoint is born of the grand realization that you are just as insignificant and ordinary as everyone else.
@@Cloudaddy220I hope one day you have lots of money!
@@Cloudaddy220 Congrats! I hope it lasts forever and brings you infinite joy.
Actually i would say the progressive viewpoints a born out of virtue and self righteousness. "hay look ma, im a good person who believes all the right things. Everyone who thinks slightly differently than me, deserves to die. Can i have a participation trophy now."
@@Cloudaddy220Being ugly is also an ugly trait. I'm sure you know a lot about it.
@@Cloudaddy220 One day you'll learn that bragging AT people is embarrassing. Especially internet strangers. I can't see your dick, abs and mansion from here. You might as well tell me you're crown prince of moonbase five. Conservatives are defined by their fear, arrogance and ignorance. You've done a great job demonstrating that for anyone that might scroll through this.
Liberals excitedly watched Perseverance touch down on Mars last week, and are eager to learn more about the evolution of our solar system. Meanwhile, Conservatives believe the universe was created through literal magic by an invisible man who lives in the sky.
The study seems accurate.
Seems accurate to me as well. I don't understand people with no curiosity about the wider world and the universe. I watched the Perseverance landing with a great deal of interest and hope for the further exploration of space. Even enjoyed footage of the new JPL command center. What a difference from the days of the old Apollo Missions. I marvel at how my little laptop is more powerful than the mainframes of my youth. The same for my smartphone. It's a big universe out there and it's fascinating.
@The Blame Game Of course my comment paints with broad strokes, as there are conservatives who are not religious and liberals that are. As for Elon, he's been vocal about being socially liberal and fiscally conservative: "To be clear, I am not a conservative. Am registered independent & politically moderate. Doesn’t mean I’m moderate about all issues. Humanitarian issues are extremely important to me & I don’t understand why they are not important to everyone."
@The Blame Game I was literally quoting him directly, but believe what you want to believe.
Should it be Conservatives don't think WELL.?🤔
Yes. They don't think rationally.
@@Diogo85 leftards are re tarded
That's why we're losing the war on terror. We've had nothing but conservatives leading the war. It all makes scenes.
This sounds about right. They also tend to have a lot of trouble following analogy and metaphor. It's really quite something.
Yup; that's also why they don't understand satire or comedy. Ever hear a "conservative" comedian? It's difficult to sit through the set.
@@ronin7261 Ugh, it's the worst! It's always stuff like, "How many libs does it take to screw in a lightbulb? *fart sound*"
All jokes aside, it is a disability. All you have to do is talk to one of them and it’ll show. It use to be funny, but now I feel bad laughing at someone with a disability 🥴
I would LOVE to see this study zeroing in specifically on QAnon believers.
Gotta Pee BRB I wasn’t suggesting Dems aren’t susceptible to conspiracy beliefs, but QAnon belief is in a class by itself. Those other ideas are very “real world” possible even if unlikely. They don’t require leaps into supernatural science fiction horror movie territory, like belief in literal cults that worship satan and torture and kill children so they can drink their blood in rituals, cults so powerful they can make all surface evidence of these acts, including the victims, disappear. And I’m not even getting into the adjacent concepts that have to some degree been absorbed into the QAnon umbrella, such as David Icke’s claims that elites are actually shapeshifting reptilian aliens.
Gotta Pee BRB My unscientific take is while that may have been true in the past, now there is renewed interest around David Icke’s shtick stemming from his Covid claims and the rise of QAnon, so his audience is probably skewing far more right-wing, Trump supporting, and Covid denying. Again, unscientific.
The Blame Game Probably not, but again, there’s no reason to believe anything supernatural is going on at Bohemian Grove, or related to satan worship and human sacrifice. It’s weird for sure, though. Probably the reality behind it is pretty stupid. Like some eccentric frat boy shit for extremely rich and powerful people.
The Blame Game Sure, guy
Gotta Pee BRB They were always with us but there were a lot fewer of them. I’m old enough to remember life before the internet, and I remember being in bookstores when I was a kid and there were sometimes small sections devoted to books written by people promoting conspiracy theories, usually mixed in with the “End Times” prediction books by extremist Christian authors. There were newsletters and indie magazines and radio shows for people to share this kind of stuff. But the internet made conspiracy theories explode. David Icke started his grift writing books before the internet but his “fame” occurred once his message spread online. And QAnon as we all know is a uniquely internet-born form of madness.
This certainly could use further examination... Cause if it's possible to spot some signs and figure out what drives the folks more vulnerable to extremism, it would work wonders in devising ways to diffuse and help them.
I dunno, that's my optimistic impression of this kind of study...
@@bruceharrington7236 that's some nazi talking points there
Makes sense, like they don't understand the meaning of the saying "there's more than one way to skin a cat". It's basically one way to do things, their way. Like they have a hard time "thinking outside the box"
"My way or the Highway"! (Also) "Do as I say, Not as I do"!
I think you meant to say "Extreme Conservatives don't think...at all"
THANK YOU for focusing on the REAL PROBLEM. That’s why treating them rationally never works. Play to their fears the way republicants do
These people believe in a book where snakes and donkey's could talk, and a woman got pregnant by a God. Should we be shocked?
This surprises... exactly NO ONE
Sounds right. Pun intended.
@@bruceharrington7236 libtards are fascist terrorists
Trump is still lashing out he lost now hopefully is held accountable. :)