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In reply to the discussion: An Odd End [View all]Little children are the tadpoles of human-kind. By age eight, they devoloped, not totally unlike when those pollywogs start growing their hind legs. They are delightful, though they can take a lot of energy to teach.
Human brains are curious things. In another response here, someone mentioned "eugenics." My essay isn't about eugenics, of course, and it is a tortured interpretation to suggest otherwise. (I neither encourage or discourage Trump supporters to have children. I have less than zero interest in their sex lives.) The make-up on the chemical connections change constantly, and are related to things such as our moods, our diets, substances we use and abuse for medicine and/or recreation, aging, and injuries. Hence, courts generally treat youthful offenders differently than mature adults. It's not until around the age of 25 that even intelligent, good young people are able to think of the consequences of some of their behaviors.
A diet of Fox News etc certainly results in thinking that is distinct from a diet of serious news, for example. That's not a value judgement.