Society doesn’t change when new ideas are brought up, Society changes when old people die.
It was fucking Max Plank!!!
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it …
Different for each person. Very early if indoctrinated, like religion or peer culture. Some catch it when they transition to working life or overall success and catch the I got mine disease. I’d say it grows fairly early, teens at the latest, and solidifies early 20s. The I got mine crowd can happen late, like 30-40.
Progress is coming. One funeral at the time.
That’s what I thought 20 years ago but today I am not so sure :(
Right wing propaganda is a helluva drug.
For real, the older I get the more sure I am this is part of an endless struggle.
I like to think we’re 2 steps forward and 1 step back kind of species
I like to think we’re 2 steps forward and 1 step back kind of species
not sure whi said this
Society doesn’t change when new ideas are brought up, Society changes when old people die.
It was fucking Max Plank!!!
Close enough
At what age do people catch conservatism? Is there a vaccine?
Different for each person. Very early if indoctrinated, like religion or peer culture. Some catch it when they transition to working life or overall success and catch the I got mine disease. I’d say it grows fairly early, teens at the latest, and solidifies early 20s. The I got mine crowd can happen late, like 30-40.
Generally the age when they start to feel overwhelming fear of change and the unfamiliar. Exposure therapy is probably the best cure.