Neuroscience at work

If you heard about the "study" that "proved" that liberals "tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives," here's a quick rundown of how the study was conducted. More or less, college students were asked what their political views were, and then proceeded to a test of how well they could recognize the letters W and M on a screen. During the test, monitoring was done of their brain waves, and the (I'd suggest rather subjective) analysis determined that the liberals tolerated the ambiguity better than the conservatives.

Apparently, the alternative hypothesis that the conservatives recognized what a completely inane test this was was not considered. This is, for what it's worth, similar to the famous test that revealed brain waves in plants and (if I remember correctly) even rocks.

Your tax dollars at work.