If you're up to plowing through some real nonsense on stilts, then you might give this piece a look. Its about the on-going effort by social scientists to predict an individual's political ideology, that is, whether he'll identify as a liberal or as a conservative. It seems an evolutionary psychologist from the University of New Mexico, using the tools of his trade, has developed a new and promising approach.
I won't try to explain his method here, but among the many problems with it that immediately come to mind, one is the time-frame. Typically, when you challenge an evolutionist of any stripe about his theory, a response you'll often get is that we dilettantes are simply unable to appreciate adequately the large amount of time required for the evolution of a species to occur. You know, we're talking about millions and millions of years. (I've always thought that a pretty convenient dodge, by the way.)
Well, since the electoral fortunes of America's two major political parties--parties that effectively represent the two ideological extremes--have shifted so quickly over the past four years, shouldn't there, as a result, exist a huge fossil record for the evolutionists to consult? I mean, if the liberals were ascendant in 2006-2008, but now, in 2010, it's the conservatives, then a large number of liberals must have died out over the last couple of years, right?
Good grief!
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