Not near a childs level

Have you met a child?

Half the country are leftists.

August comte

Rampant feminists.

I assume you have met children

@Xychotic, those adults have had enough years to learn and develop their pre frontal cortex

thats part of the plan for world dominion

children do not

You know how impressionable they are

pm me if you want links to the whole article

their PFC does not develop till 25

@The-Free-Monk Yes, but that argument has trouble when you consider the age 25 limit.

Because that argument means that anyone under the age of 25 shouldn't be able to consent.

You're arguing that a majority of adults are on the same level of a child in impressionability?

Which would mean 18 is too early to vote and serve.

You have to stick to the assumptions of the conversation, PP.

thats just the top limit, but generally you can deduce how much life experience is needed to make informed decisions

You're proposing a false premise and then telling me I have to stick with it

I disagreed with the premise

No, it's hypothetical.

so no I don't have to stick to the assumptions

I understand that

But I don't see the point

Its flawed

We're having a conversation.

That's the point.

Well whatever

Children don't understand the consequences of their decisions because they dont process things holistically and rigorously

But neither do most adults.

again adults are given many years to correct that

you cant compare a kid to an adult with many years of life experience

even high IQ autistic kids lack tons of skills

So children having a vastly higher obesity rate if their parents are obese is just because the children chose to?

Difference is, Children ***CANNOT*** where as adults ***Should've learned by then***

If we run with the existing premise that "a child below x years cannot be expected to give informed consent," then the laws as they exist now are representative of that premise.

I'm arguing that the laws are operating on the correct premise

even if the adults did not learn to act like adults, they have the mental fortitude to at least deal with the consequences of their actions

I'm not arguing that the premise is wrong or right, so much as it is satisfactory for governance.

children lack the experience and thus the mental fortitude required to deal with personal responsibility

ronin's argument was that the boy was consenting