(May 14, 2025 at 7:49 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: My point, which that dolt was unable to pick up, was and is that influences imparted in one's formative years are much harder to change later.
Okay, but that's just not true. Children undergo nothing but change up until their mid twenties. And the brains of adolescents are almost optimized for exploration, which is why it's not surprising that around 12-14 you began to question and explore. This is a stage that everybody goes through. It's a very outdated Freudian perspective to think childhood is this unique and impressionable age that can alter your entire trajectory. There's probably about zero beliefs that you hold now that can be traced back to childhood.
