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199 | Elizabeth Cohen on Time and Other Political Values

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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The Number 35, Is That Right?

In the constitution, there are when time comes up, right? Like, and you have to be 35 years old to be president. And that's kind of made up. I don't know why. Why do they choose that number? So i actually have a pretty extensive a argument that we choose these numbers and, like, it's really more a process of tion.So 35 doesn't necessarily mean something. But you've a bunch of people in a room who have certain beliefs about whether it's maturity, or commitment to a place o or a experience navigating civic institutions and lik.

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