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I have to wonder if the methods really measure what they think they measure.
In a series of brain scans of political partisans asked to consider contradictory statements by the politicians they supported,
I see this more as a rationalization type of thing. You hear someone say X and then they say Y, you brain is at first confused then rationalizes a reason for why he said X and Y, which relaxes you as the confusion is gone and makes you feel "better".
By the logic presented I should be reading the daily KOS and the NYT's daily when in fact I have no such desire, getting this 'contradictory' information makes me more annoyed than feel good.
I do like the concept of political opponents being forced to argue the others side in a debate, that would be enlightening for all. I learned quite a bit doing that in my 'model UN' days in early highschool, I got one of the Soviet block states :P
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