From: Spike Jones (spike66@attglobal.net)
Date: Sat Dec 08 2001 - 10:04:09 MST
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> JERTEMP711@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > ***does that mean that those who take the longest to leave adolescence in fact, have the biggest brains?
>
> Maybe not, just that they make the least efficient use of their learning
> time and/or exist in such a low-evolutionary-pressure environment that
> they don't get the 'lesson plan' nature intended. Note how kids who have
> been through more stress, crisis, and traumatic events tend to exhibit
> higher maturity at a given age than those who are coddled.
Roger that, and modern kids are becoming ever more coddled.
Given the choice, human children choose to remain children
for ever longer. Its fun and somewhat scary to extrapolate
current trends. spike
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