Your Political Preferences Might be Hard-Wired


	Your Political Preferences Might be Hard-Wired

wildcat

2-11-2008 7:04 AM

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wildcat says:

However this expresses the naivety of many people, who believe that they were “hardcore” anything.

The simple fact is that people’s opinions change as they mature and acquire more information. It doesn’t reflect this evidence, rather than focusing us on the reality behind it; that it is down to personality traits.

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With the race for the US Presidential Election in full swing, politics is once again at the forefront of the minds of the popular masses. But where does one desire to vote liberal or conservative come from? A recent article in New Scientist takes a look at just where they might originate.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/02/are-political-a.html">
The article was inspired by an emerging idea positing that political
positions are predominantly determined by ones biology, and not one’s
own mind. "These views are deep-seated and built into our brains.
Trying to persuade someone not to be liberal is like trying to persuade
someone not to have brown eyes. We have to rethink persuasion," says
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