
The Frankish Reich
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Again, look at the chart. I've said what we're seeing with Biden is not atypical with a man of his age. And will not be atypical as we see Trump move into that age. So I see that you struggle with comprehension (are you in your late 60s?), but the point is that he is mentally competent to serve as president, but there are very serious concerns about someone of that age committing to an additional four year term. Is fit. May not be fit in 3 or 4 years. Is that really so hard to understand? And apply it to the other guy. I find him unfit not because of his age (yet), but because many of his closest advisers as well as his own VP candidate are on record calling him an "idiot" or "moron." As in "an idiot right now," not "may become an idiot some day." Really, has that ever happened with any other president in history? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Pro Bowler's Association? Yeah. Nobody who's worked closely with him has every called him an "idiot" or an "effin moron."
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Applying the NYT chart to myself: I'm in my late 50s. I definitely know that my Spatial Visualization (which fades quicker) is not what it was in my 20s. Part of that was I was in a very different job - one that required that skill - when I was young. So lack of practice. But also just something that requires effort now, that came easily/naturally in my younger years. Vocabulary? Yeah, that's at it's peak. I have fun using unusual words and phrases with the Gen Z'ers and Millennials I supervise. Speed? As in speed of recall? Yeah. Sometimes a name or word doesn't come to me immediately anymore. But it comes. The metaphor is the hard drive in my brain chugging through an old-fashioned "search" function. Reasoning? I don't think I'm being too kind to myself to say that that is at its peak. That's what my job is, and I catch all kinds of logical errors in the legal briefs, etc, that I review. Memory? I don't detect any issues, but maybe my kids do. I don't remember ... Look at the chart. I'm saying that mental acuity with aging is not a linear function, and that there are certain steep declines to be expected in one's late 70s and early 80s. I thought you taught math?
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Here's what I'm seeing, which fits my personal impressions as a guy with lots of relatives in their late 70s and 80s. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/21/opinion/president-physician-cognitive-testing.html Trump is 3+ years younger than Biden, but if elected he will be older than Biden is today by the end of his term. Green = Vocabulary Orange = Spatial Visualization Red = Reasoning Blue = Memory Purple = Speed On the X axis, the hatched area is from Trump's Age to Biden's Age
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Kamala's VP?
The Frankish Reich replied to The Frankish Reich's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I'll get back to you once I get done reevaluating my life and priorities .... ... OK. Done. I'm good. -
The Biden is a Good Man Thread
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https://www.npr.org/2023/05/31/1179158199/tara-reade-biden-sexual-assault-russian-citizenship#:~:text=The event also featured convicted,her with her citizenship application. Nothing unusual about appearing on a Russian state media outlet alongside a convicted Russian spy. Nothing at all. -
Kamala's VP?
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Someone is definitely freaked out by this turn of events. -
The Biden is a Good Man Thread
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Just got this. I think it has to do with the time change between the USA and Moscow. -
Kamala's VP?
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Would put Alabama in play!