[2] A typical sort of this type of narration of generations can be found at: http://www.lifecourse.com/assets/files/gens_in_history(1).pdf the reoccurring narrations of Strauss- and Howe can be reviewed here: http://www.lifecourse.com/about/method/generational-archetypes.html
[3] In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders--the three presidential candidates who dominated--all came from a single WWII Cohort, i.e. they were all born during the period after the great depression and were just young enough to benefit the very most from the benefits of American life in the immediate years after WWII. This generation is also known asthe G.I. Generation (early), the post-war generation, the seekers.Defining characteristics: Grew up, and frequently were defined by their experiences growing up, during The Great Depression and World War 2.
[4] Christopher Langan was a major game show quiz contest winner when he became famous, but he would have liked to have become a political leader or the world's most reknowned scientific theorists. In this video he admits to still have to earn a living working in a bar.
Christopher Langan's article on the Theory of Theories, can be viewed here.
An excerpt from Cheating the Millennium: The Mounting Explanatory Debts of Scientific Naturalism, Christopher Langan's essay on causality and teleologic evolution, from the book Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals who find Darwinism Unconvincing, can be viewed here.
[5] See this video that emphasizes nature over nurture by looking at prodigies: 10 Famous Child Prodigies.
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