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[Rufus T. Firefly]

For a place, that seems to be full of wisdom, and steeped in intellect. I’m surprised and astonished that it would take nearly a full page on this thread to convey a simple point. So let me try again.

The 18 to 22 year old range seems to be a bit more carefree about life.

Make that 17 - 37, or maybe 47.......carefree, reckless, foolish, and lacking in good decision making capability......that seems to resurface a few decades later.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[gregj410]

For a place, that seems to be full of wisdom, and steeped in intellect. I’m surprised and astonished that it would take nearly a full page on this thread to convey a simple point. So let me try again.

The 18 to 22 year old range seems to be a bit more carefree about life.

Make that 17 - 37, or maybe 47.......carefree, reckless, foolish, and lacking in good decision making capability......that seems to resurface a few decades later.

Or maybe 57-67 or maybe 77 it could resurface but for some it’s just always been

[gregj410]

As I stated earlier the intellect runs deep

[chuck]

With youth it seems a lot of it is basically attention deficit. This has gotten to be monstrously worse in the last 20 years. I don't know if it's related to overexposure to technology that makes "instant everything" with little regard to the real or potential consequences. When you grow up with hand held wireless devices that let you control almost everything and "information" literally at your finger tips I suspect it warps ones perspective on everything. Since they have never had to work hard for almost anything they don't understand what hard work/risk is. They blindly accept whatever their electronic devices spew at them because they believe computers can't lie and they have no idea how to research an answer or even why they should. It is almost like they are playing Family Feud where the "correct answer" is whatever the "Survey Said", not necessarily the real answer.

As bad as this is for the 18-28 year old crowd I am inclined to cut them some slack. They literally don't know better. Most of the galacticaly stupid are considerably older. They ignore what they don't like and confuse facts with opinions. When confronted with their rampant illogical/contradictory beliefs they refuse to accept them and pick up their marbles and go home. They have "creative memory", aka they remember things that never happened because they have combined/edited events to create their own reality. This is helped along by "selective listening", aka I only hear/pay attention to the stuff I like or want to believe and disregard the rest. This results in massive cognitive dissonance (holding/accepting diametrically opposed ideas). Humans seem to be able to compartmentalize/cope with situations that should result in some kind of breakdown. This usually results in them working against their own best interests.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

As bad as this is for the 18-28 year old crowd I am inclined to cut them some slack. They literally don't know better. Most of the galacticaly stupid are considerably older. They ignore what they don't like and confuse facts with opinions. When confronted with their rampant illogical/contradictory beliefs they refuse to accept them and pick up their marbles and go home. They have "creative memory", aka they remember things that never happened because they have combined/edited events to create their own reality. This is helped along by "selective listening", aka I only hear/pay attention to the stuff I like or want to believe and disregard the rest. This results in massive cognitive dissonance (holding/accepting diametrically opposed ideas). Humans seem to be able to compartmentalize/cope with situations that should result in some kind of breakdown. This usually results in them working against their own best interests.

[rogruth]

Chuck,
I am a retired music teacher AND musician. You often give me the impression that you have worked with students of almost any age but most likely
under 30 years old and of mixed talents. If you didn't you should have.

[chuck]

Thirty three years of "technical" support at a major university in two engineering departments. I was not an instructor per se but I had a lot of interaction with both the undergrad and graduate students in terms of lab and classroom support. It was in many ways the most interesting part of my job. So yes, I got to observe a lot of "youngsters" along the way.

Before that I worked for the Army Corps of Engineers, mostly in the permits branch where I got it interact with a lot of people (nominally adults), some were quite eccentric. We actually had specialized training on dealing with the later.

[up148]

As bad as this is for the 18-28 year old crowd I am inclined to cut them some slack. They literally don't know better. Most of the galacticaly stupid are considerably older.

Very concise comment. But, are the rest of the comments intended to describe the 18-28 year old crowd or the Galactically stupid who are considerably older?

[HONDO74]

As bad as this is for the 18-28 year old crowd I am inclined to cut them some slack. They literally don't know better. Most of the galacticaly stupid are considerably older.

Very concise comment. But, are the rest of the comments intended to describe the 18-28 year old crowd or the Galactically stupid who are considerably older?

More than likely a description for those of us that don't have the same agenda

[up148]

"Galactically Stupid" was a new phase to me, so I looked it up. Urban Dictionary describes it as:

"Lois Lane is galactically stupid for not realizing that Superman is actually Clark Kent."

I like it, but don't think any of us qualify, as we always knew Clark Kent was Superman.

[chuck]

It was from Lois and Clark TV show. The bad guy would take of his glasses and put them back on while he was saying it.

The show also made on exceptional and often overlooked point. "Clark Kent is who I am. Superman is something I do"

Regarding the reference in my post, it is directed at the older folks. The kids don't have enough experience to base much of anything on. Their elders should.

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results."

[rogruth]

I guess I must be insane. I seem to get out of bed and do the same stuff everyday.

[HONDO74]

The show also made on exceptional and often overlooked point. "Clark Kent is who I am. Superman is something I do"

I thought it was the other way around. Superman came to this planet as superman and hid his identity by pretending to be Clark Kent

[healey36]

I like it, but don't think any of us qualify, as we always knew Clark Kent was Superman.

Wait, what?...Clark Kent was Superman?