tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post4596353675295409697..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Political orientation and physiological responseDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-27695057983624591672008-09-21T16:04:00.000+03:002008-09-21T16:04:00.000+03:00The modern Right-Wing is actually Neo-Con's, they ...The modern Right-Wing is actually Neo-Con's, they arent very conservative and are especially different from the "Paleo-Conservatives". Besides that, there really isnt much difference between the Liberals and the Neo-Cons, the Right and Left are mainly smoke screens for the general masses.Crimson Guardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08259882884691575025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-73631731153599943972008-09-19T16:53:00.000+03:002008-09-19T16:53:00.000+03:00I also fail to see any biological cause in physiol...I also fail to see any biological cause in physiological reactions that are nothing but emotional expression. It seems the difference, at least for what this paper says is that right-wingers are easy to scare. This is surely a psychological difference but not necesarily a biological one.<BR/><BR/>Btw, I have always suspected that conservative types are somewhat paranoid. And this is coincident with what Deleuze and Guattari seem to deduce in their "Anti-Oedipus": conservative types get scared by the cultural/moral decodificaion produced by nothing else than Capitalism and tend to react with more or less paranoid attitudes trying to restore an idealized past that makes them feel safer but that has no chances in the mid-run.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-55848401767555964092008-09-19T08:32:00.000+03:002008-09-19T08:32:00.000+03:00"Although political views have been thought to ari..."Although political views have been thought to arise largely from individuals' experiences, recent research suggests that they may have a biological basis". <BR/><BR/>Not necessarily true. Even dogs learn to respond to surprises in the environment by looking at others' (including their human owners') reactions. <BR/><BR/>Therefore "measurably lower physical sensitivities to sudden noises and threatening visual images" may result from upbringing as much as, or more than, genetics. So political orientation is inherited, although perhaps not genetically.terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.com