Thread:User talk:Nebuchadnezzar/WE can "almost" read minds!!! who knew!

On almost every post where conservative denial of science rears its unwelcome head, a fascinating question breaks out in comments: do they really believe it or are they just being cynical assholes? The traditional response is “I can’t read people’s minds …but”. Now, thanks to the rapidly growing field of neurophysiology, we’re starting to get insight into the cerebral activities that rise and fall when someone is confronted by strong counter arguments to their beliefs. -quote from free though

any truth at all to the idea that "we can see activites that rise and fall when confronted by strong arguments?" or whatever? I'm really thinking this is pretty much bunk, "I'll prove conservatives are less intelligent/can't think/etc" meme.