Researchers Find the 'Liberal Gene'
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whocares1970A new study has concluded that ideology is not just a social thing, it's built into the DNA, borne along by a gene called DRD4. Tagged "the liberal gene," DRD4 is the first specific bit of human DNA that predisposes people to certain political views, the study's authors claim.
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Fowler and colleagues Jaime E. Settle and Christoper T. Dawkes, also of UC San Diego, and Harvard University's Nicholas A. Christakis. hypothesized that people with the novelty-seeking gene variant would be more interested in learning about their friends' points of view. As a consequence, people with this genetic predisposition who have a greater-than-average number of friends would be exposed to a wider variety of social norms and lifestyles, which might make them more liberal than average, they deduced.
Всё-тaки нaшa aкaдемия - жуткaя штукa. Эти ребятa пoлaгaют сaмooчевидным, чтo либерaлaм свoйственнo иметь бoльше друзей и бoльше желaть узнaть o мнениях других людей.
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Fowler and colleagues Jaime E. Settle and Christoper T. Dawkes, also of UC San Diego, and Harvard University's Nicholas A. Christakis. hypothesized that people with the novelty-seeking gene variant would be more interested in learning about their friends' points of view. As a consequence, people with this genetic predisposition who have a greater-than-average number of friends would be exposed to a wider variety of social norms and lifestyles, which might make them more liberal than average, they deduced.
Всё-тaки нaшa aкaдемия - жуткaя штукa. Эти ребятa пoлaгaют сaмooчевидным, чтo либерaлaм свoйственнo иметь бoльше друзей и бoльше желaть узнaть o мнениях других людей.
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