I was watching "Aftermath" early this morning and William Shatner was interviewing Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau. At the end of the interview he asked Vili something about how he felt about the whole situation (her molesting him as a child and what not) and he said something about Vili now being in his 20's was at the age where he was just now capable of understanding consequences and then said something like: "That's why they send 18 year old's to war...because THEY think they're coming back."
This also reminded me of something I heard a while ago when I was younger about how the Frontal Cortex (or something to that effect.) of the brain was the last part of the brain to fully develop and that it played a role in understanding consequences.
Whenever I hear statements like these they always strike me as odd because I believe i've always had a pretty good understanding of consequences from a young age. I've never really been in serious trouble or even close to it as a result of that and in minor situations in which I simply didn't want to take the blame for my actions i've found myself playing dumb to lessen my punishment. As i've grown older i'm probably able to take into account a larger number of things that could go wrong or are most likely to go wrong but if anything it's only really made me take more risks (calculated risks but risks nonetheless).
So I wondered is it perhaps the ENTP frame of mind (mostly really due to Ne/Ti) that has caused me to recognize consequences or cause and effect. How does everyone else feel about their grasp on consequences as a child because quite frankly I feel like i've never had a huge problem with that.
This also reminded me of something I heard a while ago when I was younger about how the Frontal Cortex (or something to that effect.) of the brain was the last part of the brain to fully develop and that it played a role in understanding consequences.
Whenever I hear statements like these they always strike me as odd because I believe i've always had a pretty good understanding of consequences from a young age. I've never really been in serious trouble or even close to it as a result of that and in minor situations in which I simply didn't want to take the blame for my actions i've found myself playing dumb to lessen my punishment. As i've grown older i'm probably able to take into account a larger number of things that could go wrong or are most likely to go wrong but if anything it's only really made me take more risks (calculated risks but risks nonetheless).
So I wondered is it perhaps the ENTP frame of mind (mostly really due to Ne/Ti) that has caused me to recognize consequences or cause and effect. How does everyone else feel about their grasp on consequences as a child because quite frankly I feel like i've never had a huge problem with that.