Why Not Teacher Evaluations by Students?

[Addison]

75. Citing "brain research"

that's "in your binder at home" for statements like:

"This brain restructuring is part of what engenders "the terrible twos." That's what adolescence is like: big toddlers with exploding hormones. They aren't "dumb," but they do seem to lose a lot of common sense."

is pseudo-science.

It's giving your own preconceived notions about a group of people (in this case, both adolescents and toddlers) a veneer of credibility by citing "science", whether or not you truly understand that science.

It is true that brain researchers know more than they've ever known before about the physical processes of the brain. But they are a long way off from being able to use that knowledge to make accurate conclusions about something as complex, subjective, and culturally influenced as human behavior.

So yes, be careful. The rhetorical path you are following is very precarious. History is full of terrible examples of what happens when it is followed to its extreme end.