Introverts Have More Brain Activity?

* * Beatles-Beatles writes to tell us Yahoo News is reporting that introverted individuals tend to have more brain activity in general, specifically in the frontal lobe. From the article: "The attitude that there's something wrong with introverted people is widely shared in society, where fast talk and snap decisions are often valued over listening, deliberation and careful planning. Extroverts seem to rule the world or, at least, the USA, which hasn't elected an introverted president for three decades, since Jimmy Carter."

Comments

Re:Two things

[aaronl]

Looks like the unpopular opinion is struck down as flamebait/troll yet again...

If Pres. Carter had done nothing other than messing with the IRS, he would still have been a one of the more terrible presidents in the last 100 years. But no, we also endured the Iran hostage crisis, the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, the horrid handling of the oil shortages, the terrible economic conditions, the absolute failure to accomplish any of his campaign promises, the continuation/reinstatment of the draft programs, and the policy to consider Taiwan as a part of China.

Misunderestimation

[Doc Ruby]

Your opinion is, in fact, very popular among some of our worst citizens. Here's the thing:

Reagan/Bush's campaign team paid the Iranians to keep the American hostages through the 1980 election against Carter. Then Reagan/Bush's Iran/Contra team sold Iran weapons while also sending Iraq chemical weapons during their war against each other, which Bush followed with a war against Iraq. Then Bush's son started a war against Iraq that's turning it over to Iran.

Weigh all that against Carter failing to stop a Soviet invasion of their neighboring Afghanistan, which undid Russian confidence in their government's invincibility. Throw in Reagan/Bush's creation of the Afghan jihad, including bin Laden, which eventually destroyed the World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon. Which Bush's son used to justify invading Iraq, which we're now turning over to Iran (see paragraph 1).

I'll take Carter, thank you, even if he couldn't do much to rescue an economy destroyed by Nixon/Ford's disastrous war in Vietnam, defeat by OPEC (see paragraphs 1 & 2), and general implosion of American confidence after Watergate. To say nothing of the SEC chaired by Bush/Reagan's campaign manager, Bill Casey (see paragraph one).

Certainly better than the current Bush residue: Worst. President. Ever.