Posted on 11/16/2014 9:02:43 PM PST by tcrlaf
According to a recent study out of Virginia Tech, a team of scientists have found that the way a person responds to disgusting images can reveal their political leanings.
Maggots, rotting carcasses, gross gunk in the kitchen sink all these were used in the research, and the results were pretty astonishing.
Disgusting images generate neural responses that are highly predictive of political orientation even when those neural responses dont correspond with an individuals conscious reaction to the images, said Read Montague, a Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute professor who led the study. Remarkably, we found that the brains response to a single disgusting image was enough to predict an individuals political ideology.
Participants in the study were shown images such as filthy toilets and rotting animal carcasses, mixed with both neutral and pleasant images like beautiful landscapes and babies.
After viewing the images, the subjects took part in a political ideology questionnaire, asking about how often they discuss politics and how they felt about topics such as church-state separation and gay marriage.
(Excerpt) Read more at aattp.org ...
I keep hearing about other up-and-coming social sites that are poised to undermine FB as FB undermined MySpace, but governments (especially left-wing ones) seem to like FB despite criticizing it.
Ignoring realities starts with ignoring threats and dangers. It is even different from taking calculated risks. Liberal's ignoring realities is equal to total disregard to risks.
To put it in stark terms, they are surplus individuals who can only exist in good times. They don't last during bad times. Or as I said, they may have to latch onto somebody who can shelter them from harsh reality which could wipe them out.
They are not more evolved at all. They are the product of devolution caused by prolonged prosperity.
A “study” at a university: certain to be objective with no bias whatsoever. And we all know that universities are run by leftists with superior intellects.
Does Virginia Tech need to keep these useless clowns on the payroll? Seems they would find something productive to do.
I’m sure that study was publicly funded. someone or someones at VT needs to be fired
I’d be offended if I could understand the article.
Not "scientists" that work in liberal universities dependent on government grants, but the guys that really design things that the real world uses.
You know, like airplanes, cars, etc.
Liberals should ask themselves:'Would I rather fly in an airplane designed by a liberal, or by a conservative?"
Might be a fascinating experiment.
“According to a recent study out of Virginia Tech, a team of scientists have found that the way a person responds to disgusting images can reveal their political leanings.”
Is there nothing more disgusting, repulsive than a Left Winger?
No comprhende, but that is not unusual...........
You mentioned libs posting about bowl movements on facebook.
Poop Report.com actually predates Facebook by several years. And thats exactly what it’s dedicated to doing.
So if you show a liberal a picture of a really cute unicorn doing something adorable, they love it. Maybe because they think it might be real.
Two words to describe your moronic liberal: Toxoplasma gondii
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii
Basically it makes the host not care about stuff it should be worried about...
I guess this is why William F. Buckley Jr was such a tard.... /s
To put it in stark terms, they are surplus individuals who can only exist in good times. They don’t last during bad times. Or as I said, they may have to latch onto somebody who can shelter them from harsh reality which could wipe them out.
You mean like this:
http://www.anonymousconservative.com/blog/the-theory/rk-selection-theory/
How much federal tax dollars went to this drivel? I bet most of the money was spent on beer.
The title is sensationalist and is probably as far as most Liberals would have the concentration span to read. In the body of the text there is no proof of the titles assertion all you are able to say is that conservatives and liberals respond differently to questions after viewing certain images.
Of course that will not matter this will already be considered by lefties as absolute rock solid science which will be repeated over and over again until no-one will be allowed to dispute it’s veracity - gee wizz where has that been done before? Global Warming maybe?
Standard Goebbels propaganda: Demonize your opponent instead of debating with them
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