http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872...31904.html
My reaction? Well, duh!!
That's why I do find it amusing when posters on here gravitate toward the left side of the political spectrum, when, if there is ANYTHING that is libertarian in its philosophy, it's game.
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The study collated the results of 16 personality surveys and experiments completed by nearly 12,000 self-identified libertarians who visited YourMorals.org. The researchers compared the libertarians to tens of thousands of self-identified liberals and conservatives...
...when libertarians reacted to moral dilemmas and in other tests, they displayed less emotion, less empathy and less disgust than either conservatives or liberals. They appeared to use "cold" calculation to reach utilitarian conclusions...
...They reached correct, rather than intuitive, answers to math and logic problems, and they enjoyed "effortful and thoughtful cognitive tasks" more than others do...
...libertarians had the most "masculine" psychological profile, while liberals had the most feminine, and these results held up even when they examined each gender separately, which "may explain why libertarianism appeals to men more than women."
My reaction? Well, duh!!
That's why I do find it amusing when posters on here gravitate toward the left side of the political spectrum, when, if there is ANYTHING that is libertarian in its philosophy, it's game.