title: Liberals and conservatives: Non-convertible currencies.
abstract: Duarte et al. are correct that the social science enterprise would improve on several fronts if the number of politically conservative researchers were to increase; however, because they misunderstand the degree to which liberals and conservatives are dispositionally different, they fail to appreciate the full range of reasons that conservatives are reluctant to enter the modern social sciences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Political Science,University of Nebraska,Lincoln,NE 68588.jhibbing@unl.eduksmith1@unl.eduhttp://www.unl.edu/polphyslab/http://kevinbsmith.com/wp/
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hibbing
authors.affiliation: Department of Political Science,University of Nebraska,Lincoln,NE 68588.jhibbing@unl.eduksmith1@unl.eduhttp://www.unl.edu/polphyslab/http://kevinbsmith.com/wp/
authors.forename: Kevin B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Political Science,Rice University,Houston,TX 77251-1892.jra@rice.eduhttp://politicalscience.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=56.
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Alford
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D011057:Politics; D012108:Research Personnel; D012942:Social Sciences