Study: Liberals Have Less Self-Control Because They're Less Likely to Believe They Have Self-Control
Well, doesn't that just explain a lot.
Its about accountability.
Well, doesn't that just explain a lot.
Its about accountability.
Study: Liberals Have Less Self-Control Because They Dont believe they have it..
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yes, if you admit you have free will, you then become accountable for your choices and actions. We cant have that.
GFR7
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Agreed. :nono:
:rotfl: If thats so, then its sad they don't know how to use it.
gcthomas
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The actual paper has results that read rather differently from the slant given. It concluded that a belief in free will gave conservatives more self control, south the converse true for Liberals. The graphs showed that Liberals and conservatives had the same potential for self control.
Jose Fly
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What? You mean the Christian Post deliberately slanted their coverage to make liberals look bad? I'm shocked I tell you...shocked!! :shocked:
Post it and post the differences, contrast both articles, your word on it isnt good enough- youve made a claim, back it up.
Which is exactly what it says in the op article, that you complained about, yet wont post your information or back your false claim.
What did i read into it? Let me know when you can post the information you claimed and then contrast it, showing your claim in action.
gcthomas
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Your reference to accountability for choices and actions in posts #1 and #3 suggests that you have extrapolated the conclusions to moral choices. Isn't that the case? If you didn't believe that then why do you find the results interesting enough to post about?
The results reported are marginally significant if you look at the CIs, and only refer to the subjects' willingness to persist with pointless anagram problems and such like. So it is a weak study completely unrelated to actual behavioural self control issues in the real world.
Im still waiting for you to post what you claimed, and a link to what you called the original paper on it and the comparisons to back what you claimed, i dont see any evidence yet from you.
But whats new, you often object to an article, but when pressed to show what you are objecting, you change the subject or leave.
Classic clinical techniques applied to enduring stereotypes, in a creative way, I might add. The term stereotype has been made into a dirty word, but it is really not.
Belief systems, therefore, may affect performance. The accepted ideas of the conservative value system include accountability and free will. The stereotypical conservative would rather go hungry than accept welfare. His hunger drives him out of the house, on to the pavement, to get a job. His value system, or pride, the motivator.
Interesting study and conclusion. One of which is being a liberal could be hazardous to one's health.
Belief systems, therefore, may affect performance. The accepted ideas of the conservative value system include accountability and free will. The stereotypical conservative would rather go hungry than accept welfare. His hunger drives him out of the house, on to the pavement, to get a job. His value system, or pride, the motivator.
Interesting study and conclusion. One of which is being a liberal could be hazardous to one's health.
Adam immediately became a Leftist (Eccl 10:2, Jn 10:10). It's that woman you gave me (Ge 3:12, Rom. 5:12–19, Jas 1:14).
Adam immediately became a Leftist (Eccl 10:2, Jn 10:10). It's that woman you gave me (Ge 3:12, Rom. 5:12–19, Jas 1:14).
Yep.
:idunno: Blame others (Ge 3:12), blame God (Jas 1:13, 1 John 3:5, Heb 4:15). :dizzy:
:idunno: Blame others (Ge 3:12), blame God (Jas 1:13, 1 John 3:5, Heb 4:15). :dizzy:
:thumb:
Liberals might be less likely to grow up in an authoritarian, obedience-based family. These sorts of dynamics make original thinking and critical sensibility hard to acquire.
Plus well-raised liberals might be frequently taught to instill self-discipline rather than acquire discipline just because an authority figure demands it. Young kids need to have the support to become unafraid of strong, destructive feelings and to be encouraged to fully feel them, recognize and name them and learn to express them like adults.
I remember when the GOP congressman Joe Wilson shouted out "You LIE!" to Obama during the president's State of the Union Speech to Congress. When he was later forced to apologize by the press, Wilson said "I let my emotions get the better of me."
Exactly.
It's rather like growing up in a democracy or growing up in a dictatorship. When we feel put down and disrespected by our parents, we tend to push back and feel a lot of anger and revenge.
But I could be wrong here, too.
Plus well-raised liberals might be frequently taught to instill self-discipline rather than acquire discipline just because an authority figure demands it. Young kids need to have the support to become unafraid of strong, destructive feelings and to be encouraged to fully feel them, recognize and name them and learn to express them like adults.
I remember when the GOP congressman Joe Wilson shouted out "You LIE!" to Obama during the president's State of the Union Speech to Congress. When he was later forced to apologize by the press, Wilson said "I let my emotions get the better of me."
Exactly.
It's rather like growing up in a democracy or growing up in a dictatorship. When we feel put down and disrespected by our parents, we tend to push back and feel a lot of anger and revenge.
But I could be wrong here, too.
