Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

I would totally buy that they're cognitively-determined pagans as a direct result of the same slightly wonky pattern-matching equipment that makes them good at whatever it is that keeps the lights on in San Francisco, but that's def not "right-wing" "religion"

I think of ‘religion’ and ‘having kids’ as correlated by-products of right-wing values around respecting tradition, social norms & hierarchies, natural law etc. (but saying that- the religious, dynasty-building conservative faction in SV is growing too! They just aren’t tweeting)

I'd also refer to @tylercowen's recent interview with @nytdavidbrooks where DB says something I say a lot actually -- he says most people on the Left think Left and live Right. (I usually say this in a nastier way & about myself - which may be non-tweetable ..... )

yes agree with both you and @webdevMason. the other thing is- people hold contradictory beliefs in this area all the time. the idea that there is a straight left/right divide also comes down to the ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLY WAY POLITICAL SURVEYING QUESTIONS ARE FRAMED

I have no idea how to identify anymore. E.g. my research group @IxyLabs was co-founded on purpose by 3 people with different politics. I always say Chrystal is a progressive, Peter neo-con, and I hate everybody. But ofc.... "Confused" would be more accurate.

(actually if you want to read some really good pol science/psych papers - @jordanbpeterson’s lab at UofToronto have been working on question techniques to reduce political framing/bias)

Ha just asked @webdevMason for such a thing -- YESSSS please. (I also found @JonHaidt's Open Mind Platform cool - it builds on all the earlier projects in their lab, and can be easily used by people w/o deep info on anything.)