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Re:Escaping High School by strivax on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:04PM (#36634801)
AFAIK the human brain matures around mid to late twenties, so you'd probably be right about this from a biological sense too
Re:Escaping High School by stubybubs on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:33PM (#36635262)
I think the neuroscience here has really gone through the pop-sci wringer. The original research was specifically about impulse control and not anything else. I think there has been some more evidence about pattern recognition etc recently.

It's always struck me as funny when people say 25 is when you're fully mature. After this point, you start to experience declines in ability. It's not maturity; it's the moment you start dying.

Re:Escaping High School by SketchySeaBeast on Friday July 07, 2023 @02:11PM (#36635932)
While you make a good point that the mid-twenties maturity is in terms of impulse control, that's kind of a defining trait for getting a scheme like this to effectively work.
Re:Escaping High School by guy98238710 on Friday July 07, 2023 @03:14PM (#36636924)
Beware of unquantifiable words like "matures". It might just mean minor ongoing changes. Or it might even mean deterioration. In the end, performance is what matters, not morphology.