Ironically, our evolutionary cousins have helped lend some insight into those who don't believe in evolution but rather believe that the world was made a few thousand years ago.
A new study shows the similarities between monkeys and humans in regards to the phenomenom of "monkey see, monkey do." The unusually similar behavior we see at the town hall spectacles brought to us by Big Pharma and Big Insurance can now be finally explained for all we slack-jawed observers!
Yes those raging grey back males and those tearfully wingnutty females are simply imitating one another in nationwide circle jerk according to this new study.
I heard someone today on Rachel Maddow or Countdown say that the frighteningly ignorant wingnutters make up 25% of the population. 25%. That's a lot of monkey-see, monkey do. Anyhow, science once again explains such phenomena:
Research conducted by the National Institutes of Health in cooperation with two Italian institutions examined how monkeys reacted to two types of humans -- ones who copied their actions and ones who didn't.
"If one person imitates what a monkey does, and the other person does not imitate, the monkey prefers to spend more time in front of the person that imitated them," said Dr. Annika Paukner at the National Institutes of Health offices in Poolesville, Maryland.
Research has shown for some time that humans prefer to interact with others who act like them, and people have a subconscious tendency to imitate others. Paukner told CNN the new study shows it is more than just a human trait.
"It's something that's quite old and something very, very basic. It's not just for us sophisticated humans," she said.
http://www.cnn.com/...
Sophisticated? I beg to differ.
I take my bow and express my thanks for the impending plaudits for my work here.
Thank you.