DAILY REMINDER THAT THE BRAIN DEVELOPS UNTIL 25 IS FUCKING BULLSHIT

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REMINDER THAT IF YOU GIVE THEM AN INCH, THEY WANT A MILE MORE

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Giedd et. al say “In addition to doubling in size, the brain’s surface folds become much more complicated [this means surface area increases, increased surface area means more brain power, see Wikipedia] … from birth to young adulthood. … The complexity of the folding patterns becomes increasingly obvious in the parts of the brain … that process cognitive and emotional information … those parts … show the greatest changes in adolescence … the evolving pattern of folds and crevices reaches a peak and levels off by the late teens, after which it remains stable throughout adult life.” Their citation (Chi et al. 1977) only includes subjects up to the age of 44 weeks after conception. Meanwhile, a 2014 study actually contradicted their claim: surface area increased up to 12 years of age and then decreased afterwards until at least the age of 40 (Schnack et al. 2015).

Next they assert that “Studies of the brains of humans and of nonhuman primates have revealed dramatic evidence that the number of synapses changes during the first two decades of life … [with] stabilization of the maturation process by early adult life.” In their lexicon, “early adult” means the twenties, but the study that was cited for this claim says “Synaptic density was constant throughout adult life (ages 16--72 years).” (Huttenlocher 1979) So either the authors were wrong or they agree with my thesis that the brain is developed by the end of puberty at 14-16 years old. Keep in mind that they trash 16 year olds in their paper and were not at all clear about exactly when their citation actually shows brain maturation.

They continue by stating that “From birth to early adulthood, most of the pruning, or loss, of synapses involves excitatory synapses … Thus, the brain by early adulthood appears to have undergone a reorganization of synaptic balance such that, … there is much greater weight on the inhibitory side and less weight on the excitatory side.” This is based off of a study of Rhesus monkeys that found pruning of the neurons in question was finished by 5 years of age, those monkeys being in puberty, like 13 year old humans (Lidow et al. 1991). Again Giedd et al. have overstated the length of time during which the metric in question is in development. The most charitable explanation would be to conclude that the writer believes 13 year olds to be in “early adulthood.” (Here is Giedd et al.’s paper if you want to see the context for more clarity).

But how will twittertards make arguments now?

The age of consent should be 14yo for girls and be raised to 20 for boys. Or places that are right now 18 years old should go to 16 and places at 16 to 14, basically -2 years for girls and +2 years for boys. Even before what I will write boys and girls developed differently, idk why it was ever just universally the same, men and women are not the same and so boys and girls are also not the same, in their development especially.

The modern endocrine disrupting consumption is making women out of girls at younger ages
While stunting the growth and potential of boys, that's why the above statement is logical and sound.

If you are an older male, say 25-35 who likes a 14-18yo and you are going to marry her so she can raise a family young alongside you providing for her.....

(this is why white knights and roastoids mainly hate this, out of envy, they want all girls to ride the carousel like them to be failed women so in tunr this causes more failed men because fuck them too and white knights are just retarded coomer simps/they have no game and think this is the 1950's)

.....That's perfectly fine and actually better than most fucked up modern relationships rife with single motherhood and responsibility fleeing men.

On the other hand if you're a woman say 25-35 and you like a 14-18yo then you are a degenerate coomer who likes to fuck the innocence out of under developed youths.

NO NON LOGICAL (BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE BESIDES ULTRA BASED REDPILLED ANONS) IDEOLOGIES CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED WHITE KNIGHT/ROASTIE PROBLEM

The population will suffer a demographics collapse (not enough good responsible men to maintain our society and not enough good responsible women to be bred and raise good kids/families) and this the real time fabled in which society will collapse epicentered around the modern large/middle size cities of the west.

I think the age of consent should be 14. But having said that, there is no age at which the brain stops developing.
The idea that your brain is fixed and decaying at some point is demoralization from the Jewish medical establishment
You can grow and strengthen your brain at any age

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The age of consent should be raised to 21, same for voting and being drafted.

>Liberals: "The brain doesn't develop until 25 but also MAPs are totally valid."
>Science: "As usual liberals are wrong"