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Part of the reason why old fuddy duddies are obstructionist to science is the fact that brain plasticity drops off sharply somewhere in your mid twenties. There

by Lewton 6y ago

Part of the reason why old fuddy duddies are obstructionist to science is the fact that brain plasticity drops off sharply somewhere in your mid twenties. There's zero reason to believe that we won't also find a solution to this issue if we manage to fix aging

akiselev 6y ago
There is zero evidence that keeping neural plasticity at adolescent or young adult levels will help, especially considering it's mostly an issue of power dynamics (preserving social status), not the merits of the science. Based on our studies of childhood trauma, increased neural plasticity is likely to hurt as much as help.
nickt 6y ago
^science^politics probably