Comments on: Our Brains on Politics http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9578 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Moi http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9578#comment-49380 Moi Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:28:27 +0000 #comment-49380 Anyone else still trying to figure out how to 'clearify' what a self-reported 'democrate' is? :) Anyone else still trying to figure out how to ‘clearify’ what a self-reported ‘democrate’ is? :)

]]> By: Raindog66 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9578#comment-49325 Raindog66 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:40:51 +0000 #comment-49325 <a href="http://users.telenet.be/Besthumorsite/PhotogalleryXV/images/stupid%20Bush.jpg" target="_blank">Here</a> <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~m_thomas3/funny/pics/Bush.jpg" target="_blank">are</a> <a href="http://web.mit.edu/margret/www/myndir/comics/bush_chimp.jpg" target="_blank">more</a> <a href="http://www.bartcop.com/finger-bush.jpg" target="_blank">examples</a> of the <a href="http://www.chuck.thechiefsource.com/hello/804228/640/kkk4bush-2005.06.15-21.55.26.jpg" target="_blank">Republican</a> <a href="http://www.brainshrub.com/blogmedia/images/2006/jan2006/get-a-brain-morans.jpg" target="_blank">"Brain".</a> Here are more examples of the Republican “Brain”.

]]> By: TBartel http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9578#comment-49305 TBartel Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:09:23 +0000 #comment-49305 Yeah, you never can tell when terrorists are going to fly a plane into the Lagoon Theater. (Almodovar made Women on the Verge in 1988, however, which means he got the idea it could happen at least 13 years ahead of Bush.) Yeah, you never can tell when terrorists are going to fly a plane into the Lagoon Theater. (Almodovar made Women on the Verge in 1988, however, which means he got the idea it could happen at least 13 years ahead of Bush.)

]]> By: Mpls Simpleton http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9578#comment-49295 Mpls Simpleton Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:17:21 +0000 #comment-49295 <em>Do any self-assured liberals recall what movies closed on 9/9/01? My point being, you'll never know when it may have been time to have hurried.</em><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.netflix.com" target="_blank">This is the exact reason I have Netflix!</a> No late fees. Do any self-assured liberals recall what movies closed on 9/9/01? My point being, you’ll never know when it may have been time to have hurried.

This is the exact reason I have Netflix! No late fees.

]]> By: tmayhem http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9578#comment-49287 tmayhem Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:01:23 +0000 #comment-49287 hrm. I wonder if she's hot ... hrm. I wonder if she’s hot …

]]> By: srhcb http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9578#comment-49285 srhcb Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:58:44 +0000 #comment-49285 Do any self-assured liberals recall what movies closed on 9/9/01? My point being, you'll never know when it may have been time to have hurried. Do any self-assured liberals recall what movies closed on 9/9/01? My point being, you’ll never know when it may have been time to have hurried.

]]> By: Mpls Simpleton http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9578#comment-49281 Mpls Simpleton Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:53:02 +0000 #comment-49281 Pseudoscience does a lot for funding though!<br /> <br /> Per: Raindog66, Would a man be that insane?<br /> <br /> Receptionist: How do you write women so well? <br /> Melvin Udall: I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability. <br /> <br /> I can't think of a quote that is more apt!<br /> Pseudoscience does a lot for funding though!

Per: Raindog66, Would a man be that insane?

Receptionist: How do you write women so well?
Melvin Udall: I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.

I can’t think of a quote that is more apt!

]]> By: tmayhem http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9578#comment-49275 tmayhem Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:46:18 +0000 #comment-49275 wow, that's a great study! pseudoscience at its best! ):<<br /> <br /> because obviously poorly-executed faux-scientific 'studies' are really going to do a lot to civilise political debate.<br /> <br /> also, wait, raindog is a girl? wow, that’s a great study! pseudoscience at its best! ):<

because obviously poorly-executed faux-scientific ’studies’ are really going to do a lot to civilise political debate.

also, wait, raindog is a girl?

]]> By: TBartel http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9578#comment-49270 TBartel Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:32:48 +0000 #comment-49270 <a href="http://www.landmarktheaters.com/Films/films_frameset.asp?id=44240" target="_blank">Women on the Verge</a> has everything a paranoid conservative would love, including virgins and Shiite terrorists hijacking airplanes.<br /> <br /> Better hurry though. It closes Thursday, I think. Women on the Verge has everything a paranoid conservative would love, including virgins and Shiite terrorists hijacking airplanes.

Better hurry though. It closes Thursday, I think.

]]> By: A Neuroscientist http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9578#comment-49264 A Neuroscientist Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:52:54 +0000 #comment-49264 OK - I just need to step in and clearify here before everyone runs around and starts quoting this study.<br /> <br /> Here is what they did:<br /> <br /> They got some self reported democrates and self reported republicans. They then stuck them in a machine that measures activity in different parts of the brain. Them they showed the people pictures of the 2004 presidential candidates and looked to see which brain regions were active while viewing the different faces. They found that different brain areas were active when a person viewed their own candidate vs the opposing candidate. There was no big difference between the liberal and concervative brain, it is just that if you like someone your brain has a different activity pattern when looking at a picture of them than if you were looking at a picture of someone you dont like.<br /> <br /> OK – I just need to step in and clearify here before everyone runs around and starts quoting this study.

Here is what they did:

They got some self reported democrates and self reported republicans. They then stuck them in a machine that measures activity in different parts of the brain. Them they showed the people pictures of the 2004 presidential candidates and looked to see which brain regions were active while viewing the different faces. They found that different brain areas were active when a person viewed their own candidate vs the opposing candidate. There was no big difference between the liberal and concervative brain, it is just that if you like someone your brain has a different activity pattern when looking at a picture of them than if you were looking at a picture of someone you dont like.

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