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Re:Brain doesn't slow down until your 60s – later than we th... by tsimionescu on Saturday February 19, 2022 @08:18AM (#30396933)
Again, I wasn't trying to claim that Biden or Trump are senile. I was just claiming that the common argument is not only based on their age, it is based on their age + particular speech patterns/events.

This is not to say that those facts prove anything, as you rightly say they can be cherry picked or signs of many other things than senility.

Re:Brain doesn't slow down until your 60s – later than we th... by jka on Saturday February 19, 2022 @08:34AM (#30397025)
Thank you, that makes sense. And my mistake, my post was a bit overly provocative (although in a sense it wasn't entirely directed at you; it's a broader frustration at criticism of small details while ignoring larger patterns).