>It was students who protested the Vietnam war, climate change and brought the piece movement. It was older voters that supported Tump, Brexit and Iraq war.
When the Iraq war started, how old were people who were young during the Vietnam war protests?
2003 - 1965 = 38
Young person that protested the Vietnam war + 38 years = old person
I don't think that the Vietnam war protesters were in favor of the Iraq war, but it is the same generation that you're talking about.
The young of today are the old of tomorrow. They will take their biases and ideas, temper them with experience and then be derided by the young of tomorrow for being too close-minded.
We might teach 17 year olds general relativity, but we don't teach them how much work goes into making and maintaining all of the stuff they (we) take for granted in life. They might know that world hunger is a distribution problem, but it's not as easy to accept that and apply it to your thinking.
Underlying every such discussion is an assumption that with age peope become better voters, but there is no reason to believe that and no data to support this notion.
We know that IQ peaks at 21 and for most folks, unfortunately, their education ends when they complete university. For the next 60 years they don't become better informed, they just suffer through life, forget what they learnt and get ossified in their beliefs and become ever more out of touch as the world changes around them while they can't keep up.
The folks in power are in their 9th decade, and they aren't scientists either - they have no idea how a lot of critical modern things work.
I think there should be no minimal voting age, if someone is old enough enough to be interested in casting a vote, they should be democratically represented. If we are going to introduce reatrictions, they should be objective, not age discriminatory.
No, we know that IQ test scores (designed specifically for measuring relative intelligence in children) peak on average around 20-21 with very wide error bars (not “at 21 for most people".)
We also know that executive function peaks significantly later on average, and other categories of cognitive function peak on average at a variety of different ages, some 40+. [1]
> For the next 60 years they don't become better informed,
Yes, they do. IQ isn't knowledge, and peak IQ and peak information aren't the same thing.
"IQ isn't knowledge, and peak IQ and peak information aren't the same thing"
I understand that, that's why I spesifically pointed out that for majority of population, after school or university their education stops.
I am not claiming that 21 is the 'optimal' age, and its unclear which of these peaks is relevant to voting, but, in experience by the age of 50 most people struggle to keep up with new developments, and by 80 they are so out of touch they might as well be children.
When the Iraq war started, how old were people who were young during the Vietnam war protests?
2003 - 1965 = 38
Young person that protested the Vietnam war + 38 years = old person
I don't think that the Vietnam war protesters were in favor of the Iraq war, but it is the same generation that you're talking about.
The young of today are the old of tomorrow. They will take their biases and ideas, temper them with experience and then be derided by the young of tomorrow for being too close-minded.
We might teach 17 year olds general relativity, but we don't teach them how much work goes into making and maintaining all of the stuff they (we) take for granted in life. They might know that world hunger is a distribution problem, but it's not as easy to accept that and apply it to your thinking.