Study: Men's Biceps Predict Their Political Ideologies
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Study: Men's Biceps Predict Their Political Ideologies
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Re: Study: Men's Biceps Predict Their Political Ideologies
#2Or, biceps and support for redistribution are both correlated to something else, the far more likely and simpler explanation.
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#3Journalists really like substituting 'correlated with' with 'predict'...
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#4These nerds have never thrown a punch if they think bicep size is responsible for fighting ability.
Re: Study: Men's Biceps Predict Their Political Ideologies
#5Or, biceps and support for redistribution are both correlated to something else, the far more likely and simpler explanation.
How is an intermediate correlating effect far more simple than not having one?
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#6These nerds have never thrown a punch if they think bicep size is responsible for fighting ability.
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Re: Study: Men's Biceps Predict Their Political Ideologies
#7I have to wonder if the biceps size is correlated with something like geography, which in turn is correlated with political affiliation.
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#8Lets see, amongst the poor, blue collar workers (doing manual labour) tend to be more conservative. Amongst the wealthy, feelings of entitlement are correlated with time to go to the gym. Evolutionary psychologist: if you keep publishing nonsense like no one will take your field seriously.
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#9> (...) it is a fitness error for weaker contestants to attempt to seize resources when they cannot prevail and for stronger ones to cede what they can cost-effectively defend
I call bullsh* on that one.
How can biceps circumference relate so strongly with evolution when nowadays bulging muscle is largely a result of gym training and nutrition (which, btw, costs money, biasing this study even further)?
I would say it's more about ego relating to muscle mass than the other way around. Egotistical rich men are more likely to be focused on their appearance and willing to turn into gym rats.
Re: Study: Men's Biceps Predict Their Political Ideologies
#10Lets see, amongst the poor, blue collar workers (doing manual labour) tend to be more conservative. Amongst the wealthy, feelings of entitlement are correlated with time to go to the gym. Evolutionary psychologist: if you keep publishing nonsense like no one will take your field seriously.
FTA:
"These associations remained significant even once the researchers controlled for political party."
This seems to rule out the correlation coming from manual labor being associated with conservatism.