Liberal Syndrome

[polaris93]

Many of us who are conservatives have noted the childishness, aggressiveness toward anything or anyone perceived as "not liberal", and other alarming behaviors of so many liberals (we need a better word for it, people; "liberal" suggests "classical liberal," which is not the same thing). Well, why not work that up the way medical problems are,

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[polaris93]

Actually, a feedbacl loops is probably in place when it comes to diet and poor thinking. The bad diet makes you stupid; the stupidity makes for poor dietary choices; the latter make you stupider; and so on.

As for learning habits of thought in the cradle, I would dispute that. Children below the age of two can't intellectualize. They can manipulate some symbols in their minds, but what you're talking about involves complex thought for which a baby or pre-toddler isn't ready. The neurological architecture needed to be able to think clearly and coherently is in place by three years old or older. Infants don't have that at all. Babies between six months and two years absorb information like a sponge, but haven't developed most of the context needed to give it meaning and make it useful. By two, most children can talk fairly well, and by three they can make simple analyses and make some sort of judgments about their world. Many learn to read by age 3. I did, and there have been countless others. Children below the age of four or five love to learn, and need only a little encouragement to do so. So meaningful parental indoctrination can only start about the time the child is three years old. Before that, what the child learns is simpler and very immediate, and doesn't tend to lend itself to useful predictions.