So, years ago Drs. Settle, Dawes, Christakis, and Fowler reported (The Journal of Politics) that there is a gene associated with liberal thought. It seems that folks with liberal dispositions also seek out new and novel experiences. Those same folks have the 7R variant of the dopamine receptor (G4). This research came after Bouchard & McGue, Cloninger, Svrakic, & Przybeck, among others determined that social conservatism is also inherited.
Continue reading It’s in our genes!
“Everyone talks about the weather and nobody does anything about it.” If you are old enough, you remember this expression. No, we weren’t expecting some evil genius to change our weather. (Oh, wait, polluting companies have effected climate change. But, I digress…) However, that is exactly our issue now- everyone is talking about the fact that our Congress is not talking to one another. This side says “the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain”, while the other responds “It takes two to tango”. Sentient beings hit their foreheads in wonder how adults can behave in such fashion…
Continue reading Everybody’s talking ’bout it…
So, there’s a new book out. Written from the Conservative point of view. “Coming Apart” by Charles Murray. He asserts that we are dividing into a two-caste society. (I don’t disagree- it’s between the rich and not-rich, the educated and the dropout, and still between the White and the non-White. This latter is critical, since it seems that Murray chose his data for the White class.)
Continue reading The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth…