Physical Strength And Political Conservatism Co-Evolved, Say Social Scientists
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 09:40
in Psychology & Sociology
If you are physically strong, social science scholars believe they can predict whether or not you are more conservative than other men. This might seem obvious. Fitness takes a lot of individual initiative, the government can do all of the outreach programs and legislate all of the soda cups they want, but it won't make people exercise. Super-fit people have to be conservative when it comes to their own exercise, even if they are liberal about money. Michael Bang Petersen, associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Government at Aarhus University, and evolutionary psychology colleagues at UC Santa Barbara say the strength/politics connection is due to evolution, which is sure to annoy biologists. read more