CaptainMan251@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoMost adults are just big children with better spatial awarenessmessage-squaremessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down15
arrow-up1250arrow-down1message-squareMost adults are just big children with better spatial awarenessCaptainMan251@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squarearin@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoAdult basically means being able to reproduce offspring. Not intelligence related, thats being able to graduate in school.
minus-squareRawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI wouldn’t even consider graduating in school as a sign of intelligence. It sure helps to be intelligent, but it’s not necessary.
minus-squareVirtvirt588@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThere are many definitions of ‘adult’; in this case, you’re talking about biological adulthood - the period where the person turns sexually mature.
minus-squareHrabiaVulpes@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·3 months agoMany people in history did this at what, 16? Not officially an adult in most countries.
minus-squarearin@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThat’s literally what we’re talking about. You’re thinking about the social construct of adult instead of the physical scientific definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult
Adult basically means being able to reproduce offspring. Not intelligence related, thats being able to graduate in school.
I wouldn’t even consider graduating in school as a sign of intelligence. It sure helps to be intelligent, but it’s not necessary.
There are many definitions of ‘adult’; in this case, you’re talking about biological adulthood - the period where the person turns sexually mature.
Many people in history did this at what, 16? Not officially an adult in most countries.
That’s literally what we’re talking about. You’re thinking about the social construct of adult instead of the physical scientific definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult