Why not increase the base of voters who have an even less developed prefrontal cortex. But I feel like allowing 12 year olds to vote would be a bit more democratic.https://twitter.com/rationaldis/status/983779531155804160 …
Show me research that shows that 12 year olds can make the same rational decisions as an adult. I showed you a study & an article written by a professor of psychology at Temple University that said that 16 year olds do But, I guess I should listen to your feels over facts right?
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16 year olds do not have a fully formed PFC but they do have a fully developed amygdala which controls emotions. Teens are more emotion (and also impulsive) and have less capacity for reasoning https://www.aacap.org/aacap/families_and_youth/facts_for_families/FFF-Guide/The-Teen-Brain-Behavior-Problem-Solving-and-Decision-Making-095.aspx …
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Also another major aspect is their lack in experience in life
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