Discussing this topic in a different way is a puzzle, isn't it? On my (helmet-free) ride to work today, I thought of an article I read several years ago, about brain scientists identifying brain structure differences between political conservatives and political liberals. Finally an explanation of why these two groups can't understand each other! The difference was primarily in identification of and response to risks. The conservatives tended to have enlarged brain sectors that were wired to identify and rapidly respond to risks. In other words: "there's a risk, kill it!" The liberals tended to be enlarged in the sectors that handle analysis and nuance. In other words: "this may or may not be a risk, study it some more!" Not sure if order of causality has yet been established. I don't know if politics correlates to helmet attitudes, but it seems like the same pattern exists here. On one hand, you have the helmet proponents who relate strongly to graphic examples of cracked skulls, and on the other hand, you have the group (typified by GP, I'd say) who seemingly cannot relate to graphic examples and who tend to spend lots of bandwidth picking apart the flaws in the statistics.
I suspect it'll take lots more arguing to modify our brain structures until we all agree! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/w3lOr3dlUTsJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
