Conservative political beliefs not linked to psychotic traits, as study claimed

[Malachi256]

The entire study is now invalid, even if I had used it pre-retraction to support my agenda, because it was valid then, as science is only valid when it supports my agenda.

This is truth, and one of the few things both sides agree on!

[Deleted]

The left loves to dehumanize its opponents. That's how they rile up their brown shirts to commit violence.

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Case in point: Dehumanize your opponents instead of attacking their beliefs. Hallmark of the political left.

Just because you call something left doesn't make something left, nothing in America is really left. Its just that some people are on the right, and others are even more on the right then those other people. And FYI "liberal" isn't left or right.

[Sargerasraider]

Ugh, pop science. You really shouldn't believe any studies like this.

The problem is that the social psychology literature and many other social science disciplines are rife with irreplicable studies which then get picked up by the media and endlessly repeated.

[Bodakane]

Psychopathy (/saɪˈkɒpəθi/), also known as—though sometimes differentiated from—sociopathy (/soʊsiˈɒpəθi/), is traditionally defined as a personality disorder characterized by enduring antisocial behavior, diminished empathy and remorse, and disinhibited or bold behavior.

Sounds more like the modern conservative to me.

[Illuminance]

political "science." social "science."

[Thepersona]

oh yeah, this study finds no correlation or no causality? that could be insteresting

[Independent voter]

Right wingers will tell you "get a job" but if you're bonafide crazy you can't get a job. Left wingers will accept you no matter what.

[Underverse]

LOL you think this is science?

[Bapestar]

Still not going to change my views. Both sides have their bad apples.

[starlord]

from the article:

In the paper, the authors are clear that “psychoticism” doesn’t mean “psychotic.” Rather:

Having a high Psychoticism score is not a diagnosis of being clinically psychotic or psychopathic. Rather, P is positively correlated with tough-mindedness, risk-taking, sensation-seeking, impulsivity, and authoritarianism…As such, we expect higher P scores to be related to more conservative political attitudes, particularly for militarism and social conservatism.

i guess liberals are more willing to take higher risks? makes sense really...

[Joresh]

It was ridiculous to think they were even relatable; honestly right up there with when "science" attempted to prove that Jews were inferior genetically and blacks were just "inherently stupid". Leave it to the left to sink that low

[DesMephisto]

So I don't define myself as a liberal, every political test I take lists me as a socio-anarcho which is basically a socialist anarchist. Does this mean I'm psychotic? #Wee

[artemishunter1]

After AI and robotic systems remove the need for human labor to support human life, it is extremely likely we will move to some form of socialism.

Regardless, as technology and society move forward and the world continues to change, you need political leadership that can embrace and manage change, not politicians that fear and resist change.

when the time is right, then change has to be accepted. Think about this, the left willing to accept green techonology when it just came out, they organized against oil and coal, despite green tech not being viable yet. Even now, the issue with the green tech, i.e. battery has not been fixed. We can store oil, coal, but we can't store green energy for transport

[Powerogue]

Everyone should be [insert literally any ideology here] anyways, the world would be much better with that

And then we'd just split ourselves on issues again and develop sub-ideologies that would become the new left and right or what have you, and on it goes.

[Orbitus]

What's more crazy being an evangelical Christian or thinking Elizabeth warren is good for the country?

Evangelical Christians, much like the douche that shot up the Planned Parenthood clinic. Warren at least made strides to help the country, instead of hold us back and keep the electorate retarded.

[Chain Chungus]

Any time I hear shit like this I just think to myself, "Oh, so the opposite is actually the truth. Gotcha."

Although, with stupid propaganda threads like these Machiavellian is probably more accurate.

[PosPosPos]

"Authoritarianism" and "tough-mindedness" are patently not traits used to diagnose for psychosis. Or psychopathy, as the study seems to regularly conflate.

It's a quack study based on dubious standards and metrics.

Even if it were true(which isn't, for emphasis), the extreme ends on both sides would then equally fall squarely under being psychotic.

[KrazyK923]

The fact that two studies on the same topic found two completely opposite things probably means this entire topic is borked as fuck and should be just...let to rest for a year or two.

Also saying anybody's political leanings means they're some kind of psychotic or sociopath is pretty stupid regardless.

[breadisfunny]

don't worry this won't stop certain posters from posting their agenda's that conclude the opposite.

[Derpleton]

It's hard to call right wingers "psychotic" when its the tolerant left wingers that are out flipping cop cars and rioting at Trump rallys. Not surprised by this study at all

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After AI and robotic systems remove the need for human labor to support human life, it is extremely likely we will move to some form of socialism.

Regardless, as technology and society move forward and the world continues to change, you need political leadership that can embrace and manage change, not politicians that fear and resist change.

I'm a Robotic Socialist, we need to make those damn robots work to provide us with our free health care and college!