Politics = Ignoring facts to follow your beliefs

Forgive me but is this the forum for politics and religion? I must have entered the wrong url.

Science doesn't exist in a vacuum and scientists and engineers are not one dimensional. The article doesn't indicate any political bias, it merely describes a study on a characteristic of human behavior. Perhaps if he replaced Democrats and Republicans with Whigs and Federalists?

"None of the circuits involved in conscious reasoning were particularly engaged"

I don't think I could have said it better myself! (And I do mean both sides of the isle.)

I guess it must be a lot like rooting for your favorite sports team... it's all emotion. Makes sense, but it's sad.

So, the politically engaged are "adept at making decisions without letting the facts get in the way...And they get quite a rush from ignoring information that's contrary to their point of view. The study points to a total lack of reason in political decision-making."

Ho-hum, what else is new? In other words, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." For an excellent and remarkably realistic (despite the obvious Left Wing slant) portrayal of this behavior, check out just about any episode of "The West Wing" (recently cancelled after one of the primary cast members passed away), especially if the story involves electioneering, spin, or lining up votes in Congress, which covers most of the plots.