The Evils of Reading Philosophy

[elrod817]

http://news.yahoo.com/conservative-wonderboy-grows-embraces-obamacare-philosophy-161334969.html

 

[redandguilty]

He's growing up faster than I.

 

[Michchamp]

He's growing up faster than I.

yeah, you're only like 16 years behind him or whatever.

 

[Michchamp]

http://news.yahoo.com/conservative-wonderboy-grows-embraces-obamacare-philosophy-161334969.html

wow... usually it takes those evil liberal college professors to "brainwash" a kid away from the sensible, good obedient sheep philosophy that is politically correct for all us peons to believe.

the feds better get this kid to Gitmo before he starts to spread his evil thoughts around and corrupting the rest of his generation.

 

[tinselwolverine]

He's reminiscent of the way Ronald Reagan chuckled away his past as a liberal Democrat New Dealer and a Union President.

 

[redandguilty]

He's reminiscent of the way Ronald Reagan chuckled away his past as a liberal Democrat New Dealer and a Union President.

Hillary was the President of a group of college republicans too (change is fine.... “If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”)

 

[redandguilty]

I'm looking for the study, but I think the opposite is actually true of most people.

 

[TheVictors]

I'm looking for the study, but I think the opposite is actually true of most people.

I think for most life experience leads to tolerance and understanding.

 

[redandguilty]

I think for most life experience leads to tolerance and understanding.

That was the gist of it. 20's and into the 30's people get more conservative and middle age onward they get more liberal. Wish I could find it though; I love plotted data. This kid seems to have compacted all that into a shorter timespan. Of course, the distinction between fiscal and social would open up the conversation a bit. Churchill was probably only thinking of finances.

 

[johnny2x2x]

That was the gist of it. 20's and into the 30's people get more conservative and middle age onward they get more liberal. Wish I could find it though; I love plotted data. This kid seems to have compacted all that into a shorter timespan. Of course, the distinction between fiscal and social would open up the conversation a bit. Churchill was probably only thinking of finances.

Here's one of the studies:

http://www.livescience.com/2360-busting-myth-people-turn-liberal-age.html

 

[cheeno]

Here's one of the studies:

http://www.livescience.com/2360-busting-myth-people-turn-liberal-age.html

A study by liberal professors from the University of Vermont state that more people are becoming liberal with age. What's next a study that proves recumbent bike riders and hacky-sack players are proponents of Keynesian economics?

 

[redandguilty]

Here's one of the studies:

http://www.livescience.com/2360-busting-myth-people-turn-liberal-age.html

I think that's it. Using that article you can find the actual paper (http://www.gwern.net/docs/2007-danigelis.pdf) which has all the data, but not the plot I remember.

 

[redandguilty]

This raises an interesting scenario. Populations are aging in many places, but what does this mean for China with the One Child policy? Over the next several decades the average age there will increase much more quickly than other places. Will that result in a more liberal China, or do things work differently there?

 

[Michchamp]

This raises an interesting scenario. Populations are aging in many places, but what does this mean for China with the One Child policy? Over the next several decades the average age there will increase much more quickly than other places. Will that result in a more liberal China, or do things work differently there?

not only that, but the gender balance of the population is being skewed heavily male vs. female, because everyone would rather have a son than a daughter.

(personally, I can understand that. god, I hope I never have daughters...)

 

[redandguilty]

not only that, but the gender balance of the population is being skewed heavily male vs. female, because everyone would rather have a son than a daughter.

(personally, I can understand that. god, I hope I never have daughters...)

I just read that the boy/girl ratio of either newborns or kids under some age is currently 1.23:1 and that there is a history of revolutions and uprisings in places where that ratio skews too male.

Also, challenges are expected due to the general need for populations to bring in immigrants when the population skews older, while China is not known to be especially immigrant friendly.

 

[Michchamp]

I just read that the boy/girl ratio of either newborns or kids under some age is currently 1.23:1 and that there is a history of revolutions and uprisings in places where that ratio skews too male.

Also, challenges are expected due to the general need for populations to bring in immigrants when the population skews older, while China is not known to be especially immigrant friendly.

the revolution part makes sense. like being in a frat party late at night when there are only a couple girls left standing, and the crowd is getting surly... it's about to get rowdy in there.

I would not want to share a border with them in the near future. I am glad the largest ocean in the world is between us, as well as the US Navy.