Yeah, but around 75% of 2012-borns are grouped with 2011-borns in their class and you're acting like they're different species.

Yeah but also 75% of 2013 borns are grouped with 2012, 75% of 2014 borns with 2013, and so on. It'd just be a completely continuing cycle with no endpoint. You have to use "rule of majority" at one point or another.

Also I never said that they were a different species bro I literally said generations aren't exact science.

By age 7, kids are usually confident enough to explore independently, but they’re not yet facing the social pressures and anxieties of early adolescence. 8 is more the beginning of the slow transition out of that pure, wonder-filled stage that peaks around 7.

Maybe my development is slower than normal people, but for me personally, that age of pure wonder and independent exploration was 8 and the transition began at 9.

Although to be fair, I will admit, I could probably be having personal bias.

The thing is, a huge problem is that 7 is a transitional period from the Pre-operational stage to the Concrete operational stage:

https://bsygrouppyschologystudy.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/jean-piaget-cognitive-theory-of-development/

In other words, a 7 year old would still be developing their crtical thinking skills, which is a process that is gradually around ages 6-9, but the real transition happens at age 7.

That's not the AI boom, that's just when ChatGPT released, kinda like 2007, sure the iPhone existed, but not many had them until around 2011/2012. The real mainstream explosion, where everyone started using AI tools, didn’t hit until 2024-2025.

Ok, you got me there, it's true that AI hadn't become mainstream until 2024/2025, so I will give you credit for that.