> Why are you so vehemently disagreeing with someone else's anecdotal experience? > His opinion is wrong because you read something and just had a baby? To be

> Why are you so vehemently disagreeing with someone else's anecdotal experience? > His opinion is wrong because you read something and just had a baby? To be clear, what I am about to say is a response only to your post, not to the debate about the accuracy of the article. Although it was supported by opinion and anecdotal experience, the main thrust of bsder's post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12670315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12670315) seemed to be that the article, not his or her opinion, was a matter of assumption: > I hate these kinds of assumptions ... and that his or her objection was a matter of fact: > The biggest difference between adults and children is not neuroplasticity--the biggest difference is TIME.