Study Finds That Democrat and Republican Extremes Lack the Ability to Reason

In a scientific study featured by MSN/MSNBC, it shows that "Democrats and Republicans alike are adept at making decisions without letting the facts get in the way". Thus the Spin Doctor was born.

"The tests involved pairs of statements by the candidates, President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry, that clearly contradicted each other. The test subjects were asked to consider and rate the discrepancy. Then they were presented with another statement that might explain away the contradiction. The scenario was repeated several times for each candidate.
A brain-scan technique known as functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, revealed a consistent pattern. Both Republicans and Democrats consistently denied obvious contradictions for their own candidate but detected contradictions in the opposing candidate."

The study went on to say that the beliefs were so strongly held that these people could learn very little from new data/information. This is especially so if it contradicts someone on their "team" or argues against an assumption they have a political belief in.

This sort of thing is what really turns off the free thinking individuals. The embarrassing extremes often chase out those that are more mainstream or don't tolerate hypocrites or automatons. It is definitely this closed mindedness that lead me to the Libertarian party forsaking the Republicans.

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The credit for finding this study goes to Bhfrik of the blog "Club Lefty". This prolific blog definitely leans to the left but, is well thought out and brings up many interesting topics of interest.