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by jwm4 3617 days ago
Complete BS. This prediction algorithm said i was 78% liberal/Democrat. Have voted for most conservative candidate in every local, state, national election for 38 years.
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Yep. I received a similar score (73% liberal) and consider myself in-between Libertarian and Conservative. The test is totally bogus.
The theory is not BS, read the paper. The researchers found they couldn't predict accurately using only conscious ratings like a survey. However the fMRI was stunningly accurate.

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(14)0...