Sam you need to educate yourself before commenting. All you do is make yourself look foolish.
So as I said what is wrong with the study? Sample Size? Methodological Issues? Data Analysis? and no snarky answers please, just answer the question. On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Both of this years lead Oscar winners have published scientific > papers on neuroscience. Weve covered Natalie Portmans work on > frontal lobe development in children before, but it turns out Colin > Firth has also just co-authored a study on structural brain > differences in people with differing political views. > > An excellent post on The Neurocritic tells the intriguing story of how > the study came about. > > It turns out Firth was a guest editor on the daily BBC Radio 4 news > programme Today and > -----((( commissioned neuroscientist Geraint Rees )))------- > to scan the brains of two prominent UK politicians one staunchly > liberal and the other a confirmed conservative to look for > differences. > > The piece was clearly a piece of news fluff as you can tell very > little from scanning just two people but it was motivated by a > genuine interest in whether political opinions correlate with brain > differences. > > -----(((Rees decided to develop the idea into a more comprehensive > study,)))----- > using scans from 90 people, to see whether the density of the brains > grey matter differed in line with differences in political views. > > Summary, > Idiot actor paid Reese to do a study proving people that disagreed > with him are biologically inferior: From Eric's article that you like: > > I decided to find out what was biologically wrong with people who > dont agree with me and see what scientists had to say about it. > > Reese like the predetermined results and added people. > > It's really not so hard to follow. Stop attacking me and read what I > say. You will stop at nothing to defend Larry's lunacy. That's not a > good thing. > > . > > > > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Sigh. >> >> 1. I don't care if he finished high school, if the study results have some >> validity, and no I have not done a chi-square analysis on this. >> 2. I think you are possibly skewing Mr Firth's idea quite a little >> 3. He didn't commission the study; where did you get that? >> >> 4. It may be a stupid theory, but at the moment the data is on its side >> 5. I think you mean predetermined, and now that you have said it, please >> explain the accusation >> >> And that's without breaking a sweat or getting into the fact that you >> misrepresent one study as the other. Even if it was an accident, that was >> uncool. And this is essentially what happens any time I actually try to >> figure out what the fuck you are talking about. Invariably the answer is >> " > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346925 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
