Left In Lowell

Unless you’ve taken a vacation from the internets this past week, you probably more than once encountered a link to the article interestingly named How to spot a baby conservative. A study by Berkeley researcher followed 100 tots through to their 20’s and published his findings on the correlation between personalities in nursery school and political affiliation later on. To wit, the conclusion is in the subtitle to the article: “Whiny children, claims a new study, tend to grow up rigid and traditional. Future liberals, on the other hand…”

Well, Mass Marrier has an interesting reflection on the article, its author, the study itself, and the conservatives who, well, are really getting whiny about the whole thing. Which of course, really just proves the point, doesn’t it?

When Empirical Evidence Attacks…