Yepp, that has been my feeling for a while too. To so many people, it is either left or right, black or white and only this or that. This polarization is IMHO not healthy and it is the result of emotional hate- campaigns during a time when rationalism would be more important than ever in politics.
And you have long ceased being worth arguing with.
‘What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.’
— Lord Melbourne —
Given that effort is no measure of the quality of a decision, I think it's rather more interesting to view the study in terms of how certain circumstances could influence the outcome of a discussion or a vote. And to analyse where and how parties are trying to use this to their advantage.
Teahive wrote:Given that effort is no measure of the quality of a decision, I think it's rather more interesting to view the study in terms of how certain circumstances could influence the outcome of a discussion or a vote. And to analyse where and how parties are trying to use this to their advantage.
Confirmed: Conservatives understand liberal positions better than liberals understand conservative positions
At The American, AEI resident scholar Andrew Biggs highlights an interesting study that confirms what most conservatives probably already know to be true of themselves: We understand why our liberal friends think what they think more than they understand why we think what we think.
