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Originally Posted by questor
Reason, you said ''These are ideologies primarily geared around value systems developed through personal experiences.'' How do you know this to be true?
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Because people are not born with inherent value systems or idologies. They are learned.
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Originally Posted by questor
We already have aptitude tests for numerous employment positions. Would you want a physics lab to hire someone who can't handle math? Would you hire a lifeguard that can't swim? Why are you hostile to the possibility my idea may have merit? Do you think there should be no aptitude assessment for the most important job in the world?
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First of all, I'm nowhere near "hostile" about this. I know that conservative commontators like to always talk about how liberals are hostile angry people, and I know you have painted me with the liberal brush.
What I reject about your ideas is the base argument behind all of this that left-brained, or conservative, people are better suited to political leadership positions. I do not believe you are actually concerned about life guards or physicists. As you've stated, we already have aptitude tests for those types of positions. But of course, they're not based on brain orientation.
What you appear to actually be concerned about, particularly considering what you stated in the first few pages of the original Brain Wiring thread, is that the country is going to go to hell in a hand basket because there's a good chance that a "liberal" is going to be elected to the presidency. So you are here to suggest that that is a mistake because the liberal mind is not suited to the presidency because they are right-brained oriented, and would be better suited to artsy fartsy endeavors.
For you, I think this is all about your fear of what's going to happen if people of your chosen political persuasion are not perpetually in power. So you are chasing this theory to try and convince as many as possible that part of the aptitude that should be considered when choosing a president is whether he is sufficiently left-brain oriented, or conservative.
But here's the rub. Aptitude is not driven by a person's brain orientation. It is driven by their knowledge, skill, and experience. We cannot legitimately pigeon-hole people into career paths based on their developed brain orientation.
In a truly free society, people should be able to choose their own paths. And if they are capable of doing the job, they shouldn't be denied simply because some questionaire determined that they have the wrong brain orientation.
That's called discrimination.
