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It's a problematic word. Barring death or a rare physical condition, all human children biologically reach maturity. The colloquialism of 'mature' (or as the op
by bdefore 4y ago
It's a problematic word. Barring death or a rare physical condition, all human children biologically reach maturity. The colloquialism of 'mature' (or as the opposite of 'immature') varies notoriously person to person, to the point one could argue that it's immature to use it sincerely in debate.
- Dudeman112 4y agoI agree on it being a problematic word As far as I am concerned, if one actually cares about the debate they should just replace "mature" for what they think it means or implies for the behaviour of the individual Replacing the symbol for a definition is quite handy. People get all defensive over being called privileged, but change "privileged" for "having good circumstances" ( or similar ) and they don't feel called out for it despite having the same meaning IMO it's something of a shame how much the human cognition is crap at that kind of stuff
- delian66 4y agoFrom https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privileged https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privileged : 1 : having or enjoying one or more privileges, privileged classes 2 : not subject to the usual rules or penalties because of some special circumstance "having good circumstances" does not have the same meaning. For example you can have good circumstances by luck, or by good timing, without having any privileges.