Jim: I read this & thought "helmets & politics in ONE post; what is he thinking? He'll be banned for life from this list!"
But then it hit me: that sly sense of humor slithering down the stairway. dougP On Oct 3, 9:56 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> 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. > > 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 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.
