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68. The Amygdala and Openness

Thu Nov 17, 2022, 07:08 AM

Nov 2022

The amygdala.is a small organ at the base of the brain that regulates rage and impulse control. In psychopathic individuals, it is usually enlarged and denser, and there are indications that age and genetics may both play a factor in this condition. This means if you are already predisposed to psychopathic tendencies when younger, these increase as you get older, but if you are not, then you are likely to be more thoughtful.

Other things can affect the amygdala: strokes, cancer, viral infections, alzheimers disease, others. This may accountvfor the seemingly balanced individual suddenly going ultraconservative.

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Do you believe people typically get more conservative the older they get?? [View all] SKKY Nov 2022 OP

only if they get more selfish Skittles Nov 2022 #1

Born a liberal will die a liberal. Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #2

I'm 62 and I haven't gotten more conservative. Hubby is 87 and he has gotten more MLAA Nov 2022 #3

Hasn't worked that way for me, either Maeve Nov 2022 #4

Not if they like their Social Security liberal N proud Nov 2022 #5

Not here dweller Nov 2022 #6

That nonsense is the "accepted wisdom", which I have found to be totally false. niyad Nov 2022 #7

Selfish people become more selfish. we can do it Nov 2022 #8

Yes Akakoji Nov 2022 #9

Shell Back squid? Shellback Squid Nov 2022 #10

Indeed. Crossed the line on the USS Trenton (LPD-14) after... SKKY Nov 2022 #16

I don't know how he got outed and never considered it as it didn't matter at the time Shellback Squid Nov 2022 #22

I've heard stories like that... SKKY Nov 2022 #29

Cryptology? Shellback Squid Nov 2022 #32

Yea, I came in as a CTO. SKKY Nov 2022 #55

changes, lol, my rate is now MS, CT and PH are now with the "Powder Monkeys" Shellback Squid Nov 2022 #57

I am nearly 67. I only get more liberal every year. My wife too. NewHendoLib Nov 2022 #11

"Money people" seems the key, imho. Former liberals I've known became almost overnight allegorical oracle Nov 2022 #87

I've gotten more liberal as I've gotten older. griffi94 Nov 2022 #12

I don't think aging causes anyone to embrace conservatism. Solly Mack Nov 2022 #13

My take is it depends on your life experiences Lithos Nov 2022 #14

Bingo! See? This is why I ask DU questions I can't find the answer to... SKKY Nov 2022 #20

Fear is the mind killer SomedayKindaLove Nov 2022 #83

I will be 76 years young this month, still very liberal! secondwind Nov 2022 #15

Some things yes for me, most no. roamer65 Nov 2022 #17

No. If anything GP6971 Nov 2022 #18

Could be people who just go along with the crowd know more liberals when they are young, tanyev Nov 2022 #19

Generally speaking ITAL Nov 2022 #21

Add me to the list of "WAY more liberal now than when I was young." GoCubsGo Nov 2022 #23

I couldn't agree more. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2022 #24

I'm 32 vercetti2021 Nov 2022 #25

Beliefs don't change. NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2022 #26

My Fad's sure did. He got way more liberal as he got older. nt Phoenix61 Nov 2022 #60

They don't? AngryOldDem Nov 2022 #72

Not me... JPK Nov 2022 #27

I think people's views remain pretty much the same unless they have a life event Trenzalore Nov 2022 #28

As you experience more, have had longer to study things, you see how infantile and diseased Judi Lynn Nov 2022 #30

Some do but it's not a requirement MustLoveBeagles Nov 2022 #31

I'm a Brit now in US, about as left as you can get. Being more conservative is one thing - coming to Doodley Nov 2022 #33

No, but I can only speak for myself. Grey Nov 2022 #34

Same w me mahina Nov 2022 #35

Nope sorrybushisfromtexas Nov 2022 #36

At 83, I'm more liberal than ever! young_at_heart Nov 2022 #37

67 and more liberal now. Akacia Nov 2022 #38

We are trying to CONSERVE DEMOCRACY because we are old enough to know it matters TigressDem Nov 2022 #39

Getting more progressive by the minute. usonian Nov 2022 #40

The older consevative people I know tend to be more wealthy. Mr.Bill Nov 2022 #41

We are losing the over 40 vote but especially 49 to 64 Clearheadsam Nov 2022 #42

A lot of the Gen X people I grew up with gleefully chugged down Reagan's first batch of hogwash. Efilroft Sul Nov 2022 #50

At least among the Xers that I know, I think there is a political divide by age cemaphonic Nov 2022 #67

Only Corgigal Nov 2022 #43

I'm wayyyyyy more liberal now, than I was 20 years ago. Meadowoak Nov 2022 #44

Gloria Steinem once said men get more SharonClark Nov 2022 #45

And having to be more adaptable and practical in general. betsuni Nov 2022 #63

I had a strange trip to get where I am now. Efilroft Sul Nov 2022 #46

Some do, some don't. Depends on how vulnerable they are to fear and insecurity. n/t TygrBright Nov 2022 #47

Many get more susceptible to fear C_U_L8R Nov 2022 #48

I definitely haven't. arthritisR_US Nov 2022 #49

I certainly think you become less "idealistic" as you age - an 18 year old college freshman is more Midwestern Democrat Nov 2022 #51

I have iemanja Nov 2022 #52

I think it boils down to compassion for others. usonian Nov 2022 #53

I was pretty liberal then, and I am way more liberal now. Chellee Nov 2022 #54

It is not more conservative but more racist nakocal Nov 2022 #56

Yes. In 2008 there were roughly the same number of white Republicans and Democrats betsuni Nov 2022 #66

my Dad went from Republican to communist in his later years Hamlette Nov 2022 #58

No, that is just another scare tactic Bread and Circuses Nov 2022 #59

I think the opposite is true Kennah Nov 2022 #61

Less partisan, more cynical, more attuned to hypocrisy Sympthsical Nov 2022 #62

Nope, the older I got the more travel I was able to do to other countries Bev54 Nov 2022 #64

That has been my experience as well. SKKY Nov 2022 #74

I believe its more about those who accept change... Xolodno Nov 2022 #65

The Amygdala and Openness Metaphorical Nov 2022 #68

No. "Not even the best magician in the world can produce a rabbit out of a hat if there isn't betsuni Nov 2022 #69

Some percentage, perhaps treestar Nov 2022 #70

With me, it was the opposite. AngryOldDem Nov 2022 #71

If we discount the subversive fascist elements now common in society..... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2022 #73

What is this highfalutin Peroni blue label? 48656c6c6f20 Nov 2022 #75

No. Always liberal even in my older years. scarletlib Nov 2022 #76

Generally speaking, yes. msfiddlestix Nov 2022 #77

In an apolitical sense, yes. Torchlight Nov 2022 #78

Not me. MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2022 #79

No. Liberal In Texas Nov 2022 #80

No XanaDUer2 Nov 2022 #81

Some but mot all... i was the opposite. Happy Hoosier Nov 2022 #82

It has been inthewind21 Nov 2022 #84

I am just as extremely liberal now at 72 as I was when I cast my first vote for George McGovern tblue37 Nov 2022 #85

throwing pea soup on a Van Gogh painting GusBob Nov 2022 #86