El Cid Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Mental capabilities decline from middle age onwards, so why are people happy to elect 70 year old politicians? We did well electing David Cameron, born in 1966, not quite as well with Theresa May, she is 10 years older. Donald Trump is another 10 years older, born in 1946. Perhaps that why why Bernie Sanders failed to beat Clinton, he was born in 1941. Can a posters age be guessed, by their fixed views, or even their old fashioned views? Do people over the age of 65 still have a flexible thought process? "Psychologists used to believe that greater prejudice among older adults was due to the fact that older people grew up in less egalitarian times. In contrast to this view, we have gathered evidence that normal changes to the brain in late adulthood can lead to greater prejudice among older adults." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33523313 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hush Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Mental capabilities decline from middle age onwards, so why are people happy to elect 70 year old politicians? We did well electing David Cameron, born in 1966, not quite as well with Theresa May, she is 10 years older. Donald Trump is another 10 years older, born in 1946. Perhaps that why why Bernie Sanders failed to beat Clinton, he was born in 1941. Can a posters age be guessed, by their fixed views, or even their old fashioned views? Do people over the age of 65 still have a flexible thought process? "Psychologists used to believe that greater prejudice among older adults was due to the fact that older people grew up in less egalitarian times. In contrast to this view, we have gathered evidence that normal changes to the brain in late adulthood can lead to greater prejudice among older adults." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33523313 So what you are saying is we are far better off sticking with Theresa May than risking Jeremy Corbyn. That makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deak Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Give us a break!, it's Christmas (eve) for god-sake!.... What was the question again!!???....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Mental capabilities decline from middle age onwards, so why are people happy to elect 70 year old politicians? On that basis you would have preferred Hitler to Churchill. Cameron and Blair were both too young and inexperienced to be PM. Older politicians have more experience to draw from. Professional politicians who go straight from university to a short-term job to Westminster to Downing Street have little experience of life outside politics to draw a wider experience of life from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 Give us a break!, it's Christmas (eve) for god-sake!.... What was the question again!!???....... Lay off the mince pies, and think about how healthy you can be in 2017; Happy new year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidonica Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Ok then guess my age I voted remain in the referendum I am not prejudiced against people of colour or against anyones religion. I am an atheist. I am not old fashioned. I do sometimes forget words and where I left my glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazjea Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Ok then guess my age I voted remain in the referendum I am not prejudiced against people of colour or against anyones religion. I am an atheist. I am not old fashioned. I do sometimes forget words and where I left my glasses. You have just described me and my views I am in my late 70s. How about you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemcewan Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) El Cid, https://www2.psy.uq.edu.au/~uqwvonhi/S.vH.R.PS.09.pdf Do people over the age of 65 still have a flexible thought process ? I would like to think so. If you read the link what do you think is its import ? Edited December 24, 2016 by petemcewan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidonica Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 You have just described me and my views I am in my late 70s. How about you I'm 67 and certainly feel my age physically, I wish I could still dance for longer than 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrystottle Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 What was the question again!!???....... Half past three! Now, where did I leave me trousers? I definitely had them on when I was in the Post Office, but they'd gone by the time I got to Sainsbury's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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