Nonpolitical Images Evoke Neural Predictors of Political Ideology

Re:Nonpolitical Images Evoke Neural Predictors of Political ... by Xcelerate on Sunday November 09, 2014 @04:03PM (#8580894)

I had heard of a study similar to this one before. Genetically, I seem to be pre-disposed toward being easily disgusted (except gore, that doesn't bother me at all).

However, my views have become less conservative over time. Well, maybe not for me personally, but at least the way I view everyone else (for example, I would never do drugs myself, but I don't care what everyone else does).

I don't think my "disgust response" has changed however, so I wonder if I have an innate predisposition to being more libertarian that I've moved toward over time.

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Re:Nonpolitical Images Evoke Neural Predictors of Political ... by tormeh on Sunday November 09, 2014 @05:38PM (#8581148)

I'm not sure what word you're looking for, but the opposite of conservative is liberal. Libertarianism is a pretty vague and complicated concept, as the Wikipedia page on it will tell you.

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