2026-08-30 14:14 UTC
Hanging with extended family some this weekend and a MAGA cousin I usually avoid interacting with mentioned how “neuroplasticity” is what enables Republicans to hold two contradicting positions at once. I am in awe at how simple and stupid his solution is to the cognitive dissonance. Don’t try to resolve it, just slap a multi-syllable science word on it and be proud of it.
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@fartographer@lemmy.world 2026-08-31 03:44
Polymers like oobleck. They got mush in their head that cracks when you hit it with a single hard thought.
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@Secret_Music@piefed.blahaj.zone 2026-08-30 17:53
The funny thing about that is that there has been one study that shows conservatives (especially conservative men) have an enlarged amygdala compared to other people, the amygdala being the part of the brain that handles primitive responses, namely fear driven responses. And there’s been another study that linked brain damage to having conservative, rigid views. Which explains all the right wing MMA fighters and rugby players.
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@phx@lemmy.world 2026-08-31 05:55
Maybe they think that neuroplasticity comes from excess microplastics in the brain …
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@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2026-08-30 14:32
I wonder which influencer fed him that line