Maturity

InfiniteRyvius said:
Maturity is quite a lot of things, self restraint, pretending you don't have a puerile sense of humour, acting less on whims among many other things.

TheAutocrat said:


So you are saying that it is merely behaviour to be learned rather than an automated state of growth?

tykeros said:
I think the best way to put it is assuming responsibility for your life and actions... that means thinking beforehand and being capable of assesing your own mistakes. That means not blaming others for your mistakes. Also eing able to solve your own problems... and not expect others to clean your sh*t.

TheAutocrat said:

So maturity is merely an idea, an informal law of conduct. Aren't maturity and self-actualisation synonymous?

InfiniteRyvius said:

Not really, I was joking slightly. That's only acting mature.

Though self restraint is a key component of being mature.

TheAutocrat said:

So you are saying that it is merely behaviour to be learned rather than an automated state of growth?

Wikipedia said:


In psychology, maturity is the ability to respond to the environment in an appropriate manner. This response is generally learned rather than instinctive, and is not determined by one's age. Maturity also encompasses being aware of the correct time and place to behave and knowing when to act appropriately, according to the circumstances and the culture of the society one lives in.

TheAutocrat said:
What is maturity? What does it mean to be mature?
It is my hope that examination of this thread will answer these questions.

AnnoKano said:




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maturity_(psychological)

Maturity is learned behaviour because what constitutes mature behaviour is dependent on the standards of the society in which you grow up.

If it was an automated state of growth, then it would presumably be in accordance with age. Wikipedia states this is not the case explicitly, and that should in fact be obvious from everyday experience. People often say things like "She is mature for her age" or "He still acts like a kid". How can such observations make sense if maturity is an automated process?

tykeros said:

Imo maturity is just a paradigm the result of need for some people to validate their superiority over others... thus claiming they have an extra abilty (called maturity :P)

azzuRe said:
So basically maturity equals to social acceptance?

Red_Keys said:
Maturity is simply knowing how to act in a given situation that is generally acceptable to society.

TheAutocrat said:


Yeah I agree with that, but LOL. Our society "accepts" such incompetence from the human race and dares call that mature behaviour?
That is so Ironic. What happened to our Humanity? What happened to our virtue? What happened to our strength...?
Our elitism was our overwhelming power. We could have been being watched by an alien species this whole time, who could have been held at bay by weariness of our intelligence.
This is the age of machine...
There was a time where we were how so powerful! It was the ages of enlightenment and wisdom, it is a glimpse of Nietzsche's ultimate truth.
Do you say my brother that you read Nietzsche's words and yet you see the polar opposite of what they say. The limit philosopher of a modernity that never ends. They say not that the absolute nihilist depiction of our world was what he tried to convey. No my brother...
Underneath his seductive charm I saw an equal. That charm that makes the truth seem so elusive. I seen all the answers on how to evolve mankind thanks to friend Indeed what ever happened to the foundations of our values. Equality is the foundations of our friendship, but modesty and humility has long since undermined our humanity. Elitism is not weakness. It is not comfort, nor the disease called lax. It is survival of the fittest, and evolution. The time has long come for us to stop undermining our peoples potential. If you were to draw a graph of our intelligence evolution, it would curve from the bottom right up to point where there is nor vertical ascension or regression. This graph will then perpetuate at (x,0). That is mankind's machine minded and machine hearted fate. Our evolution requires both sides of the coin don't you see that! What happened to our instinct to survive as a race. This is the age of power and Dictatorship.
Dictatorship has never been tried in a rich society dictated by a meta-objectively good system and person - Don't worry, that encompasses and encapsulates all the good things someone highly educated and perceptive like Anno would believe. We must defend mankind's future, we must evolve and truly we can say we have the balls to do something basic like truly believe in god as a society and truly try to deny him at the same time. Fearful misguided sheep.
End of story.

Red_Keys said:

You high or something?

Red_Keys said:
You high or something?

TheAutocrat said:
Oh just acknowledge it already.

Red_Keys said:


Acknowledged..

TheAutocrat said:
What is your point?

TheAutocrat said:
@Red-Keys: If you cannot challenge what I say don't waste my time with your jokes.

TheAutocrat said:
@Red-Keys: If you cannot challenge what I say don't waste my time with your pointlessness.

Red_Keys said:
You are wasting your own time, as I am not forcing you to participate on this site. Take that for maturity.

Your rambling gave the impression that you were on some sort of hallucinatory drug. Maybe I missed the point, because it was buried in so much nonsense fluff.

mascarpone said:
You lost me when you started talking about aliens.

TheAutocrat said:
*sigh*

Terrible attempt to criticize. You attack the person who wrote it and not the argument itself. That is highly fallacious.

Akito_Kinomoto said:
Immaturity is when you need to ask questions like this. Maturity is when you acknowledge that you're never grown-up.

TheAutocrat said:
If people are going to act so rearded I can stop being polite and start dismissing smugly narrow minded and ignorant peoples messages. Upon further disgraceful and stupid behavior I may psychoanalyse you or start to paint you as the failures of a uncontrolled free society that most free (misguided) sheep are. Remember, it is okay you are not a genius like me. You were not brought up to work hard, and that is not your parents fault, it is societies. It is a matter of fact I am considerably more knowledgable in unconventional and obscure ideas. I am one hundred percent individual and perceive truth clearly.
Unless I have power over subhumans It is impossible to rectify your stupidity.
Argh it is so frustrating being the only person above Neitzsche. There are more but you'll usually just find Sheep like Anno who is bias from the truth due to his feelings and insignificance. He chose that. His sesnses guide him falsely and he walks a path downwards in life. Highly talented and educated but a fool.

Nobody understands anything of their personal perspective on maturity here beyond two lines (Remember people you should NOT take for granted established knowledge and customs are best), which is quite dissapointing as it's quite rare for people to adequitely answer my important questions.

I will post my profound speech together in an essay eventually but do you all fear denying and believing in god at the same time that you would cover this fact with anarchism and "aetheism"? Everybody needs faith regardless. Actually I was giving undeserving credit, I was criticising the creators. Do you all fear not being guided? The uncontrolled state of democracy we live in offers you illusions and appeasement. I offer you truth and power.

Red_Keys said:


Fix your grammar if you're so intelligent.

TheAutocrat said:
That makes no sense.

Red_Keys said:
You are boasting intelligence. Yet your poor grammar says otherwise.

TheAutocrat said:
Remember, it is okay you are not a genius like me.

It is a matter of fact I am considerably more knowledgable in unconventional and obscure ideas.

I am one hundred percent individual and perceive truth clearly.

Unless I have power over subhumans It is impossible to rectify your stupidity.

You'll usually just find Sheep like Anno who is bias from the truth due to his feelings and insignificance. He chose that. His sesnses guide him falsely and he walks a path downwards in life. Highly talented and educated but a fool.

Nobody understands anything of their personal perspective on maturity here beyond two lines (Remember people you should NOT take for granted established knowledge and customs are best), which is quite dissapointing as it's quite rare for people to adequitely answer my important questions.

TheAutocrat said:


No it does not. Now stop wasting both our times because I'm right/smart and you are wong/dumb. There are a million things I could criticize that one question for. Now show me some fucking respect.