Change my mind...
Mar 15, 2019 20:38:44 #
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
An excellent thread CC...
Had a good time on it...
Look forward to future threads...
(Ice cream sucks...)
Had a good time on it...
Look forward to future threads...
(Ice cream sucks...)
Thats because you’re eating a Chinese knock-off
Mar 15, 2019 20:50:06 #
Rose42 wrote:
Thats because you’re eating a Chinese knock-off
Due to the ADD my mother never allowed me to eat sugar... I have never acquired a taste for it... Makes me quite ill to the stomach just to eat cake...
My wife agrees with you 100%... Chinese ice cream sucks the worst... (and they have flavors like corn... And green peas...
)Mar 15, 2019 20:56:34 #
slatten49 wrote:
You mean five gallons of each flavor they offer, don't you 
With that kind of intake, how do you keep that slim-jim, schoolboy figure of yours 
You mean five gallons of each flavor they offer, don't you With that kind of intake, how do you keep that slim-jim, schoolboy figure of yours I have a very active septic tank!
Mar 15, 2019 22:18:29 #
Mar 16, 2019 10:21:41 #
The Critical Critic wrote:
There’s been talk of lowering the v****g age to 16. For me, this is preposterous. 16 year olds should be concerned about graduation and prom, they, for the most part, have little if any life experience, and have a long way to go in terms of gaining knowledge.
I think v****g for the President and Vice President, the age should be raised to 35. After all, it is the required age to hold such office....
Change my mind.
I think v****g for the President and Vice President, the age should be raised to 35. After all, it is the required age to hold such office....
Change my mind.
I think v****g age should be 21. Lots of 21-year-olds are in the service or are working parents. Not all, but most 21-year-olds are mature enough to v**e as they are contributors to society.
Mar 16, 2019 11:32:56 #
kcstargoat wrote:
I think v****g age should be 21. Lots of 21-year-olds are in the service or are working parents. Not all, but most 21-year-olds are mature enough to v**e as they are contributors to society.
Yes, thank you, kcstargoat. I don’t know if you read further along in the thread, but I agree, service members should be allowed an exemption, I’m still iffy on the under 35 crowd of tax paying citizens. Thank you for your comment.
Mar 19, 2019 09:21:04 #
People don't become 'adults' until their 30s, say scientists.
Have you ever been told to "grow up" in your 20s or need an excuse as to why you still find cat videos on the internet really funny?
Well now you might have an official reason as to why you're not acting like a mature adult.
People don't become fully "adult" until they're in their 30s, according to brain scientists.
Currently the UK law says you become a mature adult when you reach the age of 18.
Scientists who study the brain and nervous system say the age at which you become an adult is different for everyone. Research suggests people aged 18 are still going through changes in the brain which can affect behaviour and make them more likely to develop mental health disorders.
Professor Peter Jones, from Cambridge University, said: "What we're really saying is that to have a definition of when you move from childhood to adulthood looks increasingly absurd. "It's a much more nuanced t***sition that takes place over three decades." He added: "I guess systems like the education system, the health system and the legal system make it convenient for themselves by having definitions." When you reach 18, you can v**e, buy alcohol, get a mortgage and are also treated as an adult if you get in trouble with the police. Despite this, Professor Jones says he believes experienced criminal judges recognise the difference between a 19-year-old defendant and a "hardened criminal" in their late 30s. "I think the system is adapting to what's hiding in plain sight, that people don't like (the idea of) a caterpillar turning into a butterfly," he said. "There isn't a childhood and then an adulthood. People are on a pathway, they're on a trajectory."
Prof Jones is one of a number of experts who are taking part in a neuroscience meeting hosted by the Academy of Medical Sciences in Oxford.
https://apple.news/AZEhyXu_4Tkyj7ojDK_MONg
Have you ever been told to "grow up" in your 20s or need an excuse as to why you still find cat videos on the internet really funny?
Well now you might have an official reason as to why you're not acting like a mature adult.
People don't become fully "adult" until they're in their 30s, according to brain scientists.
Currently the UK law says you become a mature adult when you reach the age of 18.
Scientists who study the brain and nervous system say the age at which you become an adult is different for everyone. Research suggests people aged 18 are still going through changes in the brain which can affect behaviour and make them more likely to develop mental health disorders.
Professor Peter Jones, from Cambridge University, said: "What we're really saying is that to have a definition of when you move from childhood to adulthood looks increasingly absurd. "It's a much more nuanced t***sition that takes place over three decades." He added: "I guess systems like the education system, the health system and the legal system make it convenient for themselves by having definitions." When you reach 18, you can v**e, buy alcohol, get a mortgage and are also treated as an adult if you get in trouble with the police. Despite this, Professor Jones says he believes experienced criminal judges recognise the difference between a 19-year-old defendant and a "hardened criminal" in their late 30s. "I think the system is adapting to what's hiding in plain sight, that people don't like (the idea of) a caterpillar turning into a butterfly," he said. "There isn't a childhood and then an adulthood. People are on a pathway, they're on a trajectory."
Prof Jones is one of a number of experts who are taking part in a neuroscience meeting hosted by the Academy of Medical Sciences in Oxford.
https://apple.news/AZEhyXu_4Tkyj7ojDK_MONg
Mar 19, 2019 09:48:02 #
working class stiff
Loc: N. Carolina
The Critical Critic wrote:
b People don't become 'adults' until their 30s, s... (show quote)
Seems true, given the caveat that individual results may vary.
And raises a question:
Given that life expectancy in the olden days was something around 40 years (or less the further back one goes), does that mean that if one died at the ripe old age 36 one died barely having become an adult?
I have always been taught that in days of yore an individual married younger, had families younger, died younger....in general became an adult younger...than in more recent times.
Could it be that the brain is malleable enough to alter it's own developmental stages in response to the environment it finds itself in? The more complex the environment, the longer it takes to process all the information?
Mar 19, 2019 10:17:18 #
working class stiff wrote:
Seems true, given the caveat that individual results may vary.
And raises a question:
Given that life expectancy in the olden days was something around 40 years (or less the further back one goes), does that mean that if one died at the ripe old age 36 one died barely having become an adult?
And raises a question:
Given that life expectancy in the olden days was something around 40 years (or less the further back one goes), does that mean that if one died at the ripe old age 36 one died barely having become an adult?
Good morning, WCS! Hope all is well.
In regards to life expectancy, one has to take into consideration that infant and child death heavily influenced this average, to include the further back we go. To your question: according to the article I just posted, I would have to say yes. Obviously in the 18th century, not so much.
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I have always been taught that in days of yore an individual married younger, had families younger, died younger....in general became an adult younger...than in more recent times.
I was taught the same... influenced by the average life expectancy.
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Could it be that the brain is malleable enough to alter it's own developmental stages in response to the environment it finds itself in? The more complex the environment, the longer it takes to process all the information?
An excellent and insightful query, sir. To the first part I would agree, it is surely possible. The human brain is a remarkable thing that still baffles 21st century scientists. It’s been said that humans only use around 10-12% of the brain, what could tapping into a little more do for the human race... to your second part; I’m not sure, I think variables are involved, such as the length of time given to adapt to any such complexities.
You’re a thought provoking son of a gun.
Mar 19, 2019 10:31:12 #
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