Conservatives focused upon 'Negativity Bias': Hibbing

According to work being done in the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, politicial Liberals and Conservatives do not agree in policy decisions, by and large, because they are essentially different people at the level of personality, psychology, physiologically and genetically.

According to the article, printed in Mother Jones (motherjones.com), "That's a big deal. It challenges everything we thought we knew about politics -- upending the idea that we get our beliefs solely from our upbringing, from our friends and families, from our personal economic interests, and calling into question the notion that in politics, we can really change (well, most of us, anyway)."

The work being done about Liberal-Conservative brain differences is being done by John Hibbing of the University of Nebraska, who is arguing that political Conservatives have what is being termed as a "negativity bias." This means they are physiologically more attuned to negative (threatening, provocative) stimuli in their environments than Liberals.

In the opinion of this writer, what is being discussed here is not simply an issue with the way people of a certain political persuasian think. This brings into question the fitness of those identified, albeit loosely, as "Conservative" to actually hold office and lead a government, at any level, in the best interest of society.