Okay, I’ve got the consensus of neuroscientists on the one side, and then I’ve got a rando on Lemmy who can’t even cite a study on the other. You gotta give me more to go on here.

Also, they aren’t saying that the brain stops changing at 25; they’re saying that it’s mature at 25. These are two different things. The rest of your body changes as you get older, so it would make sense that your brain does, too.

The important part is the prefrontal cortex isn’t fully developed until your mid-20s. That’s why you make a lot of rash and stupid decisions when you’re 18-25.

Which study are you talking about? This is the mainstream view of neuroscientists.

Here’s what I got from MentalHealthDaily (sources at the bottom of the article):

Neuroscientists largely agree that the human brain hasn’t fully developed until (at least) the mid-20s.

It may seem logical that those aged 18 to 25 are completely mature, the brain still is maturing – specifically the area known as the “prefrontal cortex.” Changes occurring between ages 18 and 25 are essentially a continued process of brain development that started during puberty. When you’re 18, you’re roughly halfway through the entire stage of development. The prefrontal cortex doesn’t have nearly the functional capacity at age 18 as it does at 25.

This means that some people may have major struggles with impulsive decisions and planning behavior to reach a goal. The brain’s reward system tends to reach a high level of activation during puberty, then gradually drifts back to normal activation when a person reaches roughly the age of 25. Adults over the age of 25 tend to feel less sensitive to the influence of peer pressure and have a much easier time handling it.

Um, that’s great and everything, but it’s still too young. Your brain doesn’t finish developing until you’re 25, and the brain is the part of the body you’re concerned about when you’re making laws about when somebody should be able to make a big decision like getting married.

What’s bogus about it?

No, raise it to 25. That’s the age when the decision-making centers of the brain are fully grown out.

It should be 25. That’s the age when your brain is fully mature.

Additionally additionally, as it says in the article, reddit sells its content to OpenAI, and in order to do that, they need it to be organic. If you feed AI output back info AI, it makes the output worse, not better. So, there’s another financial incentive to ensure that the people talking on reddit are actually human.

Could you maybe explain to them that a broken hymen doesn’t necessarily mean that she’s had sex?

I haven’t had any issues with webcams or conference software (Jitsi, Zoom, and Discord).

This is a collaboration, not a mashup. A mashup is when a DJ takes the vocals from one song and mixes it with the beat from another song.

A male chicken?

Where are you getting that statistic from?

People expect the villains to be cool, because that’s how they’re portrayed in movies.

And they all think by having more money and being more popular will fulfill that human need.

If that was all it was, then I’d feel sorry for them. No, they’re trying to fulfill that need by being Great Men of History with Mighty Plans, but their Mighty Plans are all terrible, because they’re horrible people.

The Illuminati were real, too. That doesn’t mean that they’re still around and controlling the world, though.

Yes, I’m sure you’ll be able to convince kids that the new thing is bad because you say so, especially if you compare it to the antiquated mascot of a legacy word processor.

Comparative religions classes have value. It’s important to gain understanding into other people’s beliefs and to be able to compare and contrast them. If you’re only learning about one religion…not so much. Especially if it’s the religion you were brought up in.

Going to church, on the other hand, is no substitute at all. You’re just being indoctrinated, full stop.

CSS and JavaScript is going to disappear? Get real.

So, you don’t know what accessibility standards are. You’re just using a term, “accessibility”, to mean “the way that I want it to work”.

Which accessibility standards does Mastodon break?