Science and Politics

Linking personality to candidate preference is an interesting exercise. Using that research to advise the candidates is a bit frightening. In our most recent press release, I was quoted as recommending some approaches for each candidate going forward, based on our findings. Now, this isn’t the venue for me to divulge my own political [...]

Election Patterns: Who are the voters?

Voters from the mid-term election of 2006 In less than 3 weeks, the country will participate in arguably the most critical election of our generation. Much has been made about the candidate’s personalities, and much of that has been derisive. At Signal Patterns, we don’t deign to evaluate people from afar; there’s great danger [...]

More on Tierney, Evolutionary Psychology, and Science

In my previous post, I discussed some issues surrounding a recent study by Dr. David Schmitt, in which he concluded that in more egalitarian societies, psychological differences inherent to men and women are more dramatic. John Tierney, writing in the New York Times, cites the researcher’s position that in poor countries, the stressful [...]