Time to lock up the kids from all the tattooed and pierced maggots wearing skinny jeans.
Must have been in the “junk” DNA.
My wife was on a rage the other week when she read somewhere that “conservative are missing a gene”.
We both said at the same time “Yeah - the ‘stupid gene’”!
It appears they found the “liberal” gene right between the “gay” gene and the “pedophile” gene.
There is no liberal gene. I’m sick of “scientists” looking for a gene for every aspect of human behavior.
Doesn’t make evolutionary sense, since liberals are more likely to abort their babies and have fewer children, they should be on the endangered species list. They should never be able to win a single election.
Hey, we need to find that Liberal Gene and run him the heck out of town.
Liberal Jeans - why I stopped wearing Levis.
If you have a longer repeat of a DNA repeat in the gene, you are less sensitive to dopamine.
Dopamine is the brain's “good boy!” chemical. It tells you that what you did was good and you are happy about it.
People who have the repeat variation of the gene and are less sensitive to dopamine are usually of the “thrill seeker” personality type. They have to push the envelope every time to get the same amount of “thrill” from dopamine.
I wonder how or why variation in this gene would be linked to liberalism/ but my first guess is that it is all about FEELINGS, not actual intellectual assessment. Dopamine is about feelings. Feeling good. Feeling good about yourself, not because you actually helped someone, but because you are FOR the government helping them!?!?!?!?
Who knows.
The fact is that this is not a “liberal gene” this is a variation in the dopamine receptor gene.
Most genes like an “obesity” gene or whatever are not actually anything of the sort, it is that a particular variation of the gene doing its job better or worse makes a certain behaviors or outcomes more or less likely.
Much as most “intelligence” genes are actually variations of immune system genes that make you less prone to diseases in utero that can really mess up your intelligence.
One too many chromosomes causes mental retardation. One too many genes causes liberalism.
I suppose now liberals will be standing in a new line wanting handouts.
Another prominent study discounted the impact of the drd4 gene and provided conclusive evidence of the id10t gene as being responsible. That and a lack of oxygen at birth. Oh yeah, and crack.