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Reading the abstract it would seem a good reason for positions in government like the President to be restricted to ages 40-65.
by eaandkw 7mo ago
Reading the abstract it would seem a good reason for positions in government like the President to be restricted to ages 40-65.
- skeeter2020 7mo agothat's before you even look at medically-related and late age cognitive decline, but unfortunately there are massive socio-economic effects that work against this
- randcraw 7mo agoMore than socio-economic, the chief factor that advances US political candidates is, simply, fame. These days fame is achieved by somehow becoming an outlier: loud extremism, incessant self promotion, and spending truly insane amounts of money. Intelligence of any kind is irrelevant.
- add-sub-mul-div 7mo agoYeah. The right hasn't been able to repeat Trump, other candidates following his playbook have usually failed. And I think it's because they don't have his three-plus decades of lowest common denominator fame and enough money to buy himself out of repeated business failure and corruption. It's a perfect storm.
- tonyedgecombe 7mo agoVoting as well.
- AndroTux 7mo agoHell naw