How Can This be a Shocker?

Headline, New York Times: “A Shocker: Partisan thought is unconscious. “The thought process of a partisan being challenged is almost entirely emotional, and there are flares of pleasure when unwelcome information is rejected.” Benedict Carey, January 24, 2006. Evidently neuroscientists using MRI scanners now prove what your mother has always known. Don’t discuss politics or […]