The fact is that the closer white people live/are exposed to on a daily basis/see Blacks & Hispanics the more racist and gun-toting they are.

Almost all of the blind bleeding heart liberals are from Vermont, Maine, MA and such. Segregated white liberal places. Who the only black guy they knew was Barack Obama, not his usual son Trayvon Martin.

The welfare state supports Black/Hispanic gun violence, early teenage pregnancy but also highest rates of abortions, poverty, etc.

I say send all blacks and Hispanics to white liberals who should practice what they preach. You will love diversity sooner or later instead of segregated white liberal neighborhoods and practicing hipster gentrification.

Note to white liberals who don’t live or know anything about NAMs: stop hating on white conservatives.

Another false assumption regards causality, as has been discussed above. It is much more likely that “risk-taking” behavior (whatever that means) influences political ideology than vice versa. The fact that areas of the brain may adapt to different circumstances does not support a conclusion regarding causality here.

These studies demonstrate some limited correlations between brain anatomy, thought processing, and political ideology, but permit none of the conclusions drawn by the author. They do suggest a need for further study. I would be interested in knowing if the aging process affects brain anatomy and thought processing in a way that would explain the fact that political attitudes (but not necessarily party affiliation) tend to become more conservative as we age.

I am the opposite of my parents.

EDWARD N. HAAS – HAASWOOD, LA.

Perhaps the study included some other research that isn’t mentioned, and the missing parts might explain why lead research Schreiber says politics determines brain wiring?

Don’t forget that the “red” states accept more federal funds compared to what they pay in than the “blue” states do. So, greater numbers of Liberals = more likely to be self sufficient and pay more into the system.

And, speaking of Libertarian-minded people, the Advocates for Self Government have the World’s Smallest Political Quiz which, although made for adults, would probably produce some interesting results if given to children and if those results were later compared to quiz results from the same kids when they become adults. In fact, it might be interesting to give the quiz to kids over a period of time, say every three to four years, to see how their political beliefs change (or not) over time.

When we had horses, one of them would sometimes get anxious when removed from the herd to check fences or whatever. It would throw it’s head, stamp it’s feet and call out to the others. It was never dangerous but we didn’t want the animal to be incomfortable. After a minute or two it would be OK.

We called the condition ‘herd bound’ and regarded it a a negative. Are liberals ‘herd bound’?

There are models to locate people thus, but they are just tests, not brain scans.

This is a US article of course; in many countries “liberal” means centrist or even modernising right-wing and the left is socialist or social-democratic.