Red brain, blue brain -- the neurobiology of political values | Hannah Holmes | TEDxDirigo

[@ellenclancy5743]

Helps me to accept my relatives better. Thanks Hannah!!!

[@C_R_O_M________]

No, it doesn;t this is a propaganda piece by the left!

[@BG-jj8zd]

Ive been wondering for two years now how I think so differently from my family. They are Republicans and I'm a democrat. With politics aside, Ive been so confused how people that raised me think so differently from me. I was thinking that there were different issues with the brain. Really happy I saw this.

[@Knap3874]

Well, this is most likely connected with multiple genes. Yes shure, they are your family, but you might inhereted set of alleles that completly differs from your them. It also depends of your surroundings. Any liberal friends/teachers? Not exact science tho.

[@BG-jj8zd]

@@Knap3874 my husband is extremely liberal, and we moved away from my family. Im sure that's a big part of it. I think the 2016 election opened everyone's eyes and threw them to either the right side or the left.

[@Knap3874]

@@BG-jj8zd Well that's it. There certainly shouldn't exist any tensions between family members when it comes to politics. My grandpa and I vote liberal, mom&dad&grandma vote conservative, but we function smoothly🙃 All the best from Europe

[@BG-jj8zd]

@David Lenz They absolutely do! Its so important to be aware of every perspective and not have your mind influenced by other opinions. Its very hard to not get pulled into that trap. Im almost 40 and had a complete 180 on my views about 4 years. I cant see myself becoming more conservative because I blew past the conservative policies in this country. My views would change if certain rules were enacted. Unfortunately with this administration and how they are catering to the rich while so many are starving.......I can't imagine my views to change just because I get older. You're obviously a very smart person by watching this video. Do you know what I'm missing in my viewpoint? I've been trying to relate to conservatives for the past 5 years but to no avail. 🙂

[@ryaneck189]

@bg444 I like your roots.

[@joyt841]

Believe it or not, I made this ideology in my mind before even knowing it also exists in some others too

[@catholicmetalhead398]

yeah same, i think it should be situational and not hard and fast but at the same time don't be afraid to notify others that someone like yourself a political neutral existis.

[@nemesisurvivorleon]

Protectors are Yang. Connectors are Yin. The implications in Taoism are powerful and fascinating... especially when you consider that yin and yang are both seen as necessarily balancing and mixing with each other.

[@antoniofdez]

Absolutely wonderful.

[@C_R_O_M________]

Absolutely bollocks! It's pure propaganda!

[@owlnyc666]

"Red Brains Build Walls. Blue Brains Build Bridges ". IDBC. Sometimes it is good to build a bridge and sometimes a wall. It depends on the circumstances. Purple Brsins build walls and bridges. 🤔

[@KURZxMBS]

A majority of Americans do seem to live in the middle, just leaning slightly to one side or the other. The ones that the media portray seem to be the growing number of political "extremists" like the far-right or the far-left who both have made their share of controversial laws.

[@jimmathers7924]

I personally hate the two party system. It simplifies political beliefs way too much. Someone who is libertarian right can share views with a libertarian left when it comes to things like limiting the government's interference with everyday life, but completely disagree with each other on economic ideas. Two authoritarian right people could have wildly different views on the cultural axis. There are republicans who don't think trump represents their views and there are democrats that think the same thing about biden. Having only 2 sides creates an "us vs them" mentality. With more political parties, it's easier for people to ally themselves on certain issues with people who have differing views in other areas. It would also lead to candidates that more accurately depict people's political standpoint.

[@edwardgucker5790]

It is notable that political debates and polling tend to express everything as Democrats vs. Republicans or liberals vs. conservatives while the largest political group in the country is Independents. They get divided up and wedged into the other two groups based on how they "lean," but that's a mistake I think. The opinions and positions of this group should be kept separate and given more attention when media discusses the politics of Americans in general. After all, they choose to be Independent for a reason.

[@awildtomappeared5925]

its important to point out the extremes so that in conversation opposing sides can agree that both the extremes are bad and then find middle ground

[@zetanone7211]

Yeah those damn anarchists and all those laws they’re passing

[@ssnypzzct6479]

What's the name of the Dopamine gene variant?

[@americanearthling9671]

I wonder if you could apply Plato’s cave allegory to the red protective brain and the blue explorative brain?

[@gnosis8142]

Yes.

[@mccamman]

The question for the modern, social media-saturated world is: how are these differences exploited by propaganda? Watch Sean on Fox and Rachel on MSNBC and there it is. Sean's tribe is motivated to take action. Rachel's tribe is motivated to feel good and go out a buy a book on the subject. Guess who will win.

[@justgivemethetruth]

True, the blue brain wants to get all the information, but most are not intelligent enough to weigh all that information ... for instance the example of the kid who killed someone explained at 7:09 .... about a person in crisis who robs and stabs an old lady. To me, I am fine to try to understand what happened and why, but if someone has the bad judgement, by whatever reason, to think they need to stab an old lady to survive ... that is a person who cannot be trusted in society. The answer, the blue brain answer to that is to have alternatives for people who need help other than crime, such as a UBI, universal basic income or charity or welfare - not to "feel" sorry for what he has become and ignore his behavior because of that.

[@ibrahimalmc1824]

That was just an example to demonstrate how blue brain can change it's opinion by given new information it doesn't suggest anything about judgement. Calm down nobody is suggesting that blue brain is smarter, no need to be defensive... oh! Of course you are going to be defensive, you are a red brain, right?

[@PregnantSausage]

@@ibrahimalmc1824 Well, technically, what she is saying and what you have just outlined does suggest the blue brain is smarter -- it is open to new ideas and views the world as complex, which, to understand requires one to appreciate the layers. Intelligence and openness go hand in hand.

[@Heligoland360]

@@PregnantSausage No, being open requires intelligence to be successful, that does not imply that people who are open are intelligent, merely that they'd better be lest they be swindled and screwed over in life like the vast majority of blue brains are.

[@calvin5541]

@@PregnantSausage intelligence is the ability to learn, remember, and apply what has been learned. Openness helps with the learning part because there is more intake, but does not help with the remembering or application. Strategy and memory are totally different things. And consider this, say a red brain encounters many threats, tries to fight them off, and fails. That red brain can remember how the engagement went, and be better prepared to fight it off next time. Application of knowledge is not a political thing. If your takeaway from the video is that one type of brain is superior, then you’re missing the point.

[@calvin5541]

@@Heligoland360 exactly. If someone was completely blue brain without an ounce of red, they would walk right into a pack of hyenas because it looked new and interesting. There needs to be a balance, some element of fear and self preservation is needed. Humans have those things for a reason.

[@McCarthy1776]

The red brain, blue brain split makes sense if you are only looking at it from one dimension. If someone is higher is trait openness because of their brain structure it may lean them more towards being "blue" in the sense that they are more open to immigration or cultural and religious freedom or change. But then if you look at economic policies for example the parts of the brain that effect your position on taxation and spending in a certain area may be entirely different. There are a huge variety of issues in the political world that it makes no sense to clump them up into 2 categories and say that the human brain genetically clumps those together naturally. Sure genetics probably plays a significant role when determining stances on specific policies, but your overall political stance can technically involve infinite policies. Culture and socio economic class also play a huge part as well. There are too many dimensions involved to have some general concept of "red brain" vs "blue brain"

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

You can just assume it is the "default stance" since birth.

[@owlnyc666]

What about "purple" brains? How are the different from both "red" and ""blue " brains?🤔🤔🤔

[@ckmiletti]

Wow - does this describe the very different politics of my son and I

[@owlnyc666]

Nice video. Blue Brain 😊

[@abhimanyukarnawat7441]

Both high in concientiousness and openness,peak centrism?

[@abhimanyukarnawat7441]

Red brain superamacist gang rise.

[@C_R_O_M________]

BS propaganda, 100% and you are hooked by it! Well done genius!

[@bornofsource9419]

someone needs to find a balance between humanity and playing god

[@C_R_O_M________]

Tell that to the leftist authoritarians that are willing to give all decision power to the State (aka tghe bureaucrats).

[@foxybrown5715]

Red vs blue is for average humans and mind-controlled slaves. Purple Rain = Purple Reign. Sovereign = Self Reign. KZbin video "Right & Left Brain Hemispheres" (by Dismantle The Matrix).

[@ichabodcrane916]

lol @ 10:45 here in 2018.

[@calvin5541]

So basically what you’re saying is...centrism=optimal for success

[@mandy2tomtube]

As a non-neutral center left observer, I guess is your vote center right and it has slightly skewed your neutral representation of left versus right am I correct yeah sure maybe every five years you go back and raise the comments

[@ianwatkins9068]

The Word was made flesh .His own rejected Him.

[@madmadderson7318]

This is so odd because science is apolitical

[@phycogsmithomniscience309]

So what about the Libertarian brain.cause its neither red or blue

[@Punkfilms4605]

Most libertarians go for republicans.

[@natalieeuley1734]

Well, a libertarian has to have a blue brain, in a sense. If you truly believe in ultimate freedom of people, then you can't be afraid of threats the way red brains are, and you have to have a very high level of openness like a blue brain

[@Nnjaful]

Purple brain

[@calvin5541]

I think libertarians are a weird mix of both extremes. Some Libertarians are totally open to all kinds of new and weird stuff, and want no restrictions on exploration. Other libertarians believe in absolute liberty because they want no limits on the methods they can employ to defend themselves. Further still, some people are libertarians because they only care about themselves and not a tribe or a territory. It’s a weird mix that might not fit on the spectrum.

[@darrylpraine6612]

To understand libertarianism, look up the political compass. Things aren't just left and right, they're up and down, too.

[@ianwatkins9068]

The wisdom of G-D

[@justgivemethetruth]

It is all fine and well to look at tendencies in the brain, but that is not everything, just as in a differential equation there are initial conditions and different "mathematical terms" that had different effects at different times on the output of a function. There are a lot of people who have the red brain characteristics but who are Liberals because they know through reason that Liberalism works and Conservativism doesn't ... and one way they know that is that they do not just settle for some one-shot resolution of issues by theoretical hand-waving, they look appropriately into history and the facts. Conservatives always want to fire up the aggressive people by using fear to hype up their amygdalas and force them to declare are they going to follow or not? This is the kind of thinking that gave us the financial crisis under Bush ... Goldman Sachs said, we need a billion dollars with no strings attached and if we do not get it you will be responsible for the crash of the world economy. They did not prove anything to anyone, and looking back on things, they were lying and all that money went to a class of people who are very very rich and no have much more money to invest into corrupting our government even more, and this is a increasing feedback loop such that the bad guys find it easier to take over, and easier to get more money to make it easier for them to take over. They see the value in "triggering" the assertive people with lots of money by making it sound like they will benefit, or they will be severely threatened if they do not assent.

[@calvin5541]

Unfettered liberalism does not work though...there has to be a balance. Pure conservatism doesn’t work and pure liberalism won’t work either. With pure conservatism, the country will shrivel up and regress into itself, cease to produce anything or interact with its neighbors, and begin a process of infighting that will lead to its destruction. With pure liberalism, the country will be robbed blind by its neighbors, it’s borders will cease to exist, it will be flooded by opportunists from every corner of the earth, all asking for a piece of the pie by playing off of people’s good nature, and the nation will disintegrate into a cesspool of anarchy. I can give you a laundry list of failed states who tried either of these methods.

[@smooa1889]

Haha i knew blue brains are superior

[@phycogsmithomniscience309]

Smizoke Mizark No. None political brains are. 90% of science feilds are not political. They care about the facts

[@smooa1889]

Phycogsmith Omniscience was that supposed to be a counter argument? And did you even watch the video? They said the left are more smart and thats not surprising at all. Why do you think all scientists, philosophers, professors, and generally smart intellectuals are left wing? They obviously care about the facts thats why they said liberals are superior. And 100% of science fields are not political, social science isn’t science except maybe psychology but thats it and its not political.

[@abhimanyukarnawat7441]

How?

[@PregnantSausage]

@@abhimanyukarnawat7441 Watch the video, son. It makes it very clear the blue brain is very intellectual.

[@Heligoland360]

@@PregnantSausage No it said blue brains are more open to change than red brains but are worse at properly assessing threats. Neither of these are related directly to intelligence and both are required in a functioning tribe. The fact that you got "This type brain is better than this type" from the video shows you either didn't watch it or are mentally lacking.

[@fashklash]

This woman lays too much store on evolutionary bs

[@awildtomappeared5925]

@Jo Z. really? have you seen the difference between male and female behavior, its huge, and of course genetically driven, or even look at different species of dogs for example, each species has a general personality tendency that they average towards

[@awildtomappeared5925]

@Jo Z. what are you even talking about? its a known fact that different dog species have different personality traits, you can look it up a study if you want, but every single dog trainer breeder, and owner I have ever seen in any context has agreed with this, I mean ffs, dogs are literally bread for specific personality traits, eg siberian breeds like huskies malamutes samoyeds etc are bread to be very individual so that if they see weak while sledding ice they stop even if the owner hasnt told them to which is why they are harder to train than more trusting species like golden retrievers. you would be deluded to think different species have the same average personality traits, like do you actually need a study to tell you sharks are not genetically more aggressive than cows???

[@awildtomappeared5925]

@Jo Z. you mean you didn't learn in highschool that dogs were bred to have specific personality traits? how sad.

[@awildtomappeared5925]

@Jo Z. ok boomer

[@awildtomappeared5925]

@Jo Z. I was rationally explaining my point, you're the one who turned to belittling and insults.