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I do not want to waste my time parsing words. Everything I read about this relatively new subject of political neuroscience points in the same direction. It seems to be irrefutable that the brain hemispheres are wired differently and exhibit distinct traits. It is also true that it is not an either/or for everyone, there are crossover patterns. I maintain that this difference in wiring accounts for or is involved in liberals being liberal and conservatives being conservative. As the above study implies, this is a heritable tendency. Neural
pathways are inherited although they can be influenced or perhaps modified by environment. Liberals have certain reactions to societal interactions which are observable and predictable. This is why we have a huge philosophical split in our country and two major political parties.