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"Note that I agree we need to treat swatting as a serious and potentially dangerous crime ... But what do we do when all the perps are juveniles?" Try them as
by st3v3r 11y ago
"Note that I agree we need to treat swatting as a serious and potentially dangerous crime ... But what do we do when all the perps are juveniles?"
Try them as adults. You cannot tell me with a straight face that someone trying to pull this crap does not know exactly what they're doing.
- PhantomGremlin 11y agoYou cannot tell me with a straight face that someone trying to pull this crap does not know exactly what they're doing. At a basic level they understand exactly what they're doing. But their prefrontal cortex isn't yet completely developed. So they don't understand just how harmful their actions are. I did some stupid stuff as a teenager that I certainly am not proud of right now. But, at the time, I didn't at all understand the broader ramifications of my stupid behavior and the harm it caused others.
- u_me_him 11y agoI don't know. It sounds a bit too much like excuses. I was also a teenager and was not stupid enough to try anything stupid. My reptilian brain always managed to stop me. Like this time I was going to get into a fist fight (it was not my first), I was willing but my reptilian brain was not in agreement. It actually tried to freeze my legs.
- ceejayoz 11y agoThe concept of a "reptilian brain" is a) no longer espoused by neuroscientists and b) if true would be the thing egging you on, not freezing your legs.
- u_me_him 11y agoThink of it as a metaphor. There is definitely something there acting independently of me. I try to veto it but I'm not always successful.
- woodman 11y ago> It sounds a bit too much like excuses. Said with a dismissive wave to the body of research compiled by neuroscientists that says otherwise.
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- ridgeguy 11y agoRecommend you listen to this [1] interview that I heard earlier today. It's by a Stanford neuroscientist, discussing why and how the teenage brain leads their owners to be impulsive, addiction-prone, and just generally idiotic. The TLDR: they really don't know exactly what they're doing, because the physical substrate for their cognition can't yet support those functions. [http://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/archive http://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/archive]