Jonathan Haidt

It's one-sided.

It's one way and that's it.

But in fact, popcorn brain and brain rot are reversible conditions.

So it is not- In adults.

Yes, in adults.

And my work focuses on adults.

And so when you have – if you experience brain rot in your 30s, 40s, and beyond, you can – it takes time.

It takes eight weeks for your brain to rewire itself, give yourself time.

A sense of self-compassion is really important.

But you can – there is a sense of it being able to be reversed.

So it's not so much a brain – it's not a fixed trait, but rather a brain state.

So I think it's important to offer that hope.

So, you know, all this time, right, we've always said that the prefrontal cortex is fully formed and fully functional at the age of 25.

And so when you're talking about impulse control and all of this stuff.

But there was this really interesting study.

I'll send it to you.

It looked at, I think it was 1,000 people from age zero.

So birth all the way to 90.

So the entire population.

And it found five people.