Matthew Sheffield on Nostr: People have joked about how John Fetterman's political views changed after he had a ...
People have joked about how John Fetterman's political views changed after he had a stroke. But there is evidence that authoritarianism and religious fundamentalism might be linked to brain damage.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2322399121Published at
2026-05-20 15:54:05 UTCEvent JSON
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