> It's almost a cliche at this point, but the prefrontal cortex isn't mature unt... | Hacker News

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		verall on July 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Problems at Roblox > It's almost a cliche at this point, but the prefrontal cortex isn't mature until between 25 and 30 on average. It's ridiculously cliche and infantilizing. The brain continues to change through your entire lifetime. Not to take away from the rest of your post, which I broadly agree with.

crooked-v on July 7, 2022 | [–]

The context here is centered on literal children. Of course it's 'infantilizing'.

xeromal on July 7, 2022 | [–]

I think they meant this as a bit of hyperbole to get the point across.

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