Well shit, I could have told them that...

[IQS.RLOW]

Never the less, this is about the reason you are lefties. This study proves that there is a biological reason for it.

It is because you are puny and weaker hence your innate attraction to socialism and wealth distribution because you aren't able to protect yourself or your assets so you want others to protect you and covet their assets.

[Mattus]

Wiki:

He then travelled via India to Britain to study at The Queen's College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, where he graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) in Politics and Philosophy.[13]

There is no such degree. MA is an academic rank, not a degree at Oxford. He must have studied a BA, which is automatically converted to an MA after 7 years of professional practice.

Wiki

[Mattus]

http://pjmedia.com/drhelen/2013/05/16/w ... tribution/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Men who are physically strong are more likely to take a right wing political stance, while weaker men are inclined to support the welfare state, according to a new study.


Researchers discovered political motivations may have evolutionary links to physical strength.

Men’s upper-body strength predicts their political opinions on economic redistribution, according to the research.

Back on topic.

This isn't what the study found. The link of upper body strength and fiscal conservativism only held for rich men. Where the men where poor, those with high upper body strength were ore strongly associated with progressive wealth redistribution.

So what the study actually suggests is that high upper body strength correlates with self interest.
It was also a pretty weak, observational study in a 9th tier social science journal. There won't be any Nobel prize here, I remain skeptical.

[IQS.RLOW]

Wiki:

He then travelled via India to Britain to study at The Queen's College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, where he graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) in Politics and Philosophy.[13]

There is no such degree. MA is an academic rank, not a degree at Oxford. He must have studied a BA, which is automatically converted to an MA after 7 years of professional practice.

Wiki

Abbotts BA is in economics and law from Sydney uni, so I am not sure that it would qualify him to convert automatically to MA. I assume the he studied philosophy to get his MA

An exception is that a Bachelor of Arts who attains the degree of Doctor of Philosophy may immediately incept as a Master of Arts, before the requisite number of terms have passed.

In any case, he has a Masters, Aussie is wrong and Abbott is a highly intelligent man.

[mantra]

He must have studied a BA, which is automatically converted to an MA after 7 years of professional practice.

Abbott has never worked professionally anywhere - unless you can call practising for the Priesthood at a seminary - professional.

It was also a pretty weak, observational study in a 9th tier social science journal. There won't be any Nobel prize here, I remain skeptical.

Who wouldn't be sceptical? For example - Rupert Murdoch isn't exactly Mr. Muscles.

[Neferti]

Rupert is 82 years old ... do you expect him to look like a middle aged man? He was young once and so were you.

[mantra]

Murdoch has always been puny looking - making money has been his only exercise. IQ posted this article simply to satisfy his own warped humour.

If we googled hard enough we could probably find an article stating that all those who are hard right in politics have small penises.

[Neferti]

Murdoch has always been a Lefty. He backed Whitlam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch. He refuses to comment on Australia Politics and since he is now a Yank, neither he should. Why everyone says Murdoch's papers are right wing, who knows?

[Aussie]

Why everyone says Murdoch's papers are right wing, who knows?

Everyone who reads them.

[Jovial_Monk]

Why everyone says Murdoch's papers are right wing, who knows?

Everyone who reads them.

bwahahahaha