The nature or nurture debate may be over for liberals: scientists have isolated what they believe to be the “liberal gene.” Yes, that’s right. Researchers believe that DRD4 affects people’s ideology. It is ironic that Republicans who oppose evolution may have an evolutionary reason for their position. Of course, this is assuming that people are evolving toward the liberal gene like the fully opposable thumb.
You now know why you feel that need to pledge to NPR, attend Earth Day events, and watch Countdown and Rachel Maddow. It is not your fault. It is in your genes.
The scientists isolated DRD4 on the double-helix of a DNA strand to reach their conclusions. It was not hard to find it was the gene: it was wearing Birkenstocks, a hemp-made shirt, and trying to “really understand” what the other genes were experiencing.
What is clear from President Obama’s positions on torture, privacy, and gay rights is that it is also clearly a recessive gene for some.
Lead researcher James H. Fowler, a professor of both medical genetics and political science at the University of California, San Diego says “[t]he way openness is measured, it’s really about receptivity to different lifestyles, for example, or different norms or customs. . . . We hypothesize that individuals with a genetic predisposition toward seeking out new experiences [a measure of openness] will tend to be more liberal.”
While some may challenge that as a bit of a stretch, my concern is ideologically designed babies. Of course, since opposition to stem cell research and biogenetics is part of the belief structure for some conservatives, they are the least likely to ask for DRD4 to be removed from embryos. However, what of those pesky biogenetic loving libs? Could Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi be working at this very time on an army of test-tube liberal babies? Learn the answer on the next Glenn Beck Show.
Source: NBC
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Lib Luv,
Why should we have to be cured. The DRD4 gene is a mutation that is just recurring in many people. I have to say i am mutant and proud. If your not physically hurting yourself or others, or mentally hurting yourself and others, then ithink you can go without being “cured”. No offence of course, just curious about your opinion.
I must have the defective DRD4 gene. A quick search shows that DRD4 is associated with Liberalism, promiscuity, novelty seeking behavior, overeating, obesity, ADHD, mood disorders, bipolar disorder, addictions, antisocial behavior, criminal behavior…
I can feel in my heart that someday our Scientists will find a cure for our defective gene.
I suppose I must suffer from that gene……
How about effective transference of ideal(s) as opposed to minds alone…..
Byron,
Hey there … do you have any grandkids? I have no idea how old you are so please don’t be insulted if you’re a young whipper-snapper …
Blouise:
“Buddha,
There are too many threads … I am losing my mind!”
Welcome home grandma:)
Buddha,
There are too many threads … I am losing my mind!
Gyges,
As always, thanks for the assist.
Gyges,
In re: “Tony’s”, I had been thinking much the same myself just today. To clarify, I have been addressing Tony C.
While I’m at it,
Tony S.,
I’ve been following your posts on various threads and I’d like to say good show and welcome.
Buddha,
You may want to clarify which Tony you’re talking to. Mr Sidaway recently ventured in, I’d hate for there to be a misunderstanding.