kvnchrist Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 This is an old report but it brings up something interesting Please read the following link Liberal Gene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannywils Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Oy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvnchrist Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 Oy..... I beg your pardon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannywils Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Sorry, I meant to say, I do not think so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudobio Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Though I consider myself a liberal in the Classical 18th Century model of liberalism, I do not think there is a genetic predisposition to liberalism or conservativism. It is all a matter of your environment (i.e. Education, family history, who you hang out with, what form your religiosity/ or lack thereof takes. I consider the idea of a liberal gene, or a conservative gene, for that matter, to be like saying there is a toaster owner gene. Environment all the way where the liberal path vs conservative path one takes in life is concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoofhearted4 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 NO. just no. i talked about Nature vs Nurture in High School and it is such a boring subject! just no. bad kvnchrist. BAD! lol :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonblade1 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) They are just guessing on this. Political ideology has more to do with upbringing and personal life experience than anything else. A lot of former liberals actually turn conservative when they get older. My father and mother were both big California hippies back in the day, now both are conservative. Edited September 29, 2011 by crimsonblade1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balagor Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Me too am an old hippie (still am, mind you), but have grown a little less conservative. I believe it comes from enviroment. I read the report. 2000 subjects is not even an entry to start research for a hint. Prober research like that needs at least 30-50.000 subjects to study over years, to look for an outcome AND a counter group of the same size to look for no outcome, to see if the other just gave a false impression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurielius Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 "If you're not Liberal when you're young, you have no heart. If you're not Conservative when you're old, you have no brain." -attributed to Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marharth Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 ^ That has nothing to do with liberalism being caused by a gene, but okay. Also to be clear, the report doesn't say the gene causes liberalism, it says that it increases the chance you become a liberal. Quite a big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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