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More Rational?
September 24, 2008
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“Social scientists long have assumed that liberals are more rational and less fearful than conservatives, but we find that both groups view the world as a dangerous place,â€
If liberals are more rational, why is it an assumption? Isn't science about establishing whether assumptions are true or not? The fact that some social scientist and some liberals except the assumption as true without seeking to validate it shows that they are not very rational nor very scientific.