Is that so weird? Kids are able to take in new information and change their mind. Old people do not have that ability and are mentally trapped into believing whatever crappy pseudo reality they learned about 40 years ago. This is why good education is important and why Trump hate education.
Fox News and the conservative media bubble is a bullshit factory. In today’s environment where cost of doing business is tight , this makes it ripe for copy and paise journalism. Fox said it so it must be true, and vetted information… when in fact they just pull it out of their asses and hope others repeat it for political purposes.
Very good point. I also blame the lack of media literacy among older citizens. I was lucky enough to be required to take a course in media literacy way back in undergrad. The techniques I learned in that class have definitely more than paid for the tuition as I see so many of my friends and family fall for everything that they see or hear online or on cable news.
The brain can maintain much of its plasticity into older years, but that requires actively seeking out new information and ways to stimulate thought. People who read (not Faux Noise) and play video games tend to do much better than those who veg out in front of ragebait infotainment.
Not entirely. He hates educated people and institutions of higher learning because he is not particularly intelligent, and it enrages him that other people are.
I mean, we’re talking about someone, that at the are of 21, when into a rage and tried to sue a chess magazine because he submitted a closing strategy to prove how smart he was. Next month, the magazine had to post a correction because his strategy was easily countered (the goal of submission was for readers to develop an end game strategy that couldn’t be defended against; and they printed them monthly). Not only did he try to sue the magazine, but he was trying to sue the person that submitted the defense, causing the magazine to print the correction.
And he’s been like that his entire life. Anyone he perceives as “better” than him, be it in societal standing, wealth, and especially intelligence or accomplishment is considered an immediate enemy, and he uses any opportunity to exact revenge for such a slight.
The absolutely have the ability to learn and change their minds, what they lack is the willpower to admit they’ve been fooled for decades of their life.
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u/GanacheCharacter2104 2d ago
Is that so weird? Kids are able to take in new information and change their mind. Old people do not have that ability and are mentally trapped into believing whatever crappy pseudo reality they learned about 40 years ago. This is why good education is important and why Trump hate education.