On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 09:56 -0700, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > 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.
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