Sunday, September 21, 2008

liberals and conservatives

This blog entry contains two TED talks that discuss how we learn and the difference between conservatives and liberals...

How can two of my friends, one Republican and one Democrat, both be intelligent, informed, helpful, caring people, and hold completely opposite views on the problems and solutions facing our country and planet?

Do both sides think the other is just dumb?



Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.



Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge -- and specifically, what we don't know as much about science that we might think we do.

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