I have the impression that the list has become a bit quiet in the last
weeks. Are you involved in a campaign for one of the candidates? New
Mexico is a blue state, so most of you will be for President Obama. For
a European, it is hard to understand why one would make a different
choice
XKCD has a nice graphic about the red/blue history of the congress which
shows the impacts of various events
http://www.xkcd.com/1127/
I have heard that in some states (Nebraska for instance) some people
really fear that their souls go straight to hell if they vote for the
democrats,
Jochen,
I was deep intrigued by the more detailed maps that were produced to
go along with the 2008 elections. I suspect Pinker is trying to explain a not
real phenomenon (such is often my impression with Pinker, but that's another
discussion). Take for example the purple graph at the bottom of
Even more backwards than you make it sound; that's how backwards this
country is.
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On Nov 3, 2012 12:48 PM, Jochen Fromm j...@cas-group.net wrote:
XKCD has a nice graphic about the red/blue history of the congress which
shows the impacts of various events
Perhaps Gary Johnson would be an interesting alternative. Although there
is nothing better than Obama in my opinion: his humble beginnings are
the proof that America is not ruled by a small number of super rich
families.
-J.
Am 03.11.2012 20:04, schrieb ERIC P. CHARLES:
Jochen,
I was
Oh, so you're a Romney supporter?
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 1:04 PM, ERIC P. CHARLES e...@psu.edu wrote:
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P.S. I have a nice Gary Johnson sign outside my house.
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Here's how backward the conservative heart of america beats:
http://www.thebaffler.com/past/the_long_con
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Well, as someone who grew up in Nebraska and up until recently visited
several times a year, I don't think its as weird a place as you
portray. The social networks formed in part from the state's rural
origins, fallout from and reaction to politics (e.g. populist revolt,
you could look it
I was surprised how complex the voting here was! We just early-voted after
looking at the ballot,
http://www.santafecountynm.gov/userfiles/Pct_48.2.pdf
and checking the usual suspects (League of Women Voters, SF New Mexican).
On one close call we even checked out a video between the two
Interesting read. Sometimes we wonder why other peoples voting decisions
are fundamentally different from ours even if all good reasons speak
against it. Are they backward or brainwashed? Jonathan Haidt has written
a book named The Righteous Mind where he argues that people don't
really listen
Jochen,
At this week's FRIAM meeting, we talked briefly about politics and it was
clear that there was some disagreement around the table. We were about to
let it go, on that ground, when I decided, spurred by my newly embraced
pragmatist ideology, to beg that they all put their minds for 5
Haidt has a nice TED
talkhttp://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.htmlbased
on the book.
My sense is that a lot of it is emotional--rather than rational--for a lot
of people. Nick, how did your experiment go?
We might do the experiment here. One standard way of proceeding is to
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