05-12-2003, 09:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-12-2003, 09:27 PM by Occhidiangela.)
I think you got it backwards, as regards the question, and I also think that by ignoring what maturity is, which I refer to as behavioral, not socialogical, as well as chronological you ignore the question asked. I remain consistent with the theme of the question first asked. You choose to limit your definitions arbitrarily, and hence your comment that the question is moot due to 'definitions' is incorrect.
First step, check Webster's, the arbiter of definitions. See the noted synonyms: ripe, developed, adult, grown up. So, which quality is it that Obi is querying us all about in his poll? Which did you choose?
Now, go the next step, when dealing with meanings of words and terms, and apply usage. That's right, usage and contextual meaning. Mature versus immature connotes, in his question, elements of behavior: in this case, approaching or not approaching some desireable adult quality of behavior.
In other words, why don't you answer the question he asked in the first place?
Maturity is a measure of devopement.
Development is a a function of time.
Age is a measure of time.
Thus - Maturity is a mark of age.
Age is not a mark of maturity.
Measure and mark are synonyms here? Age can be a measure of maturity, and maturity can be an indicator of age. Your declaritives are on thin ice.
Development as a function of time is your false premise, your false definition.
Some folks develop faster in the same period of time than others, just as some plants grow and mature more quickly than others if their climate/water/feeding varies. What is true is that
Age is a function of time. Development has more variables, as does maturity.
Your alleged logic is inconsistent and lends to ambiguity, not clarity. Your attempt to play with definitions just went awry, and your last two lines don't hold together.
This is not a debatable question suitable for forums.
How do you conclude this? If an opinion, fair enough. :)
It is a simple matter of definitions.
If you wish to attempt to oversimplify a word by limiting definitions, sure, but that is your own shortcoming in thought, not that of the initial questioner.
Note: And as to your edit, how did the initial questioner use 'mark'?
First step, check Webster's, the arbiter of definitions. See the noted synonyms: ripe, developed, adult, grown up. So, which quality is it that Obi is querying us all about in his poll? Which did you choose?
Now, go the next step, when dealing with meanings of words and terms, and apply usage. That's right, usage and contextual meaning. Mature versus immature connotes, in his question, elements of behavior: in this case, approaching or not approaching some desireable adult quality of behavior.
In other words, why don't you answer the question he asked in the first place?
Maturity is a measure of devopement.
Development is a a function of time.
Age is a measure of time.
Thus - Maturity is a mark of age.
Age is not a mark of maturity.
Measure and mark are synonyms here? Age can be a measure of maturity, and maturity can be an indicator of age. Your declaritives are on thin ice.
Development as a function of time is your false premise, your false definition.
Some folks develop faster in the same period of time than others, just as some plants grow and mature more quickly than others if their climate/water/feeding varies. What is true is that
Age is a function of time. Development has more variables, as does maturity.
Your alleged logic is inconsistent and lends to ambiguity, not clarity. Your attempt to play with definitions just went awry, and your last two lines don't hold together.
This is not a debatable question suitable for forums.
How do you conclude this? If an opinion, fair enough. :)
It is a simple matter of definitions.
If you wish to attempt to oversimplify a word by limiting definitions, sure, but that is your own shortcoming in thought, not that of the initial questioner.
Note: And as to your edit, how did the initial questioner use 'mark'?
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete