@Paul_stilgar @anneapplebaum I am not so surprised that he believes in all of this nonsense. We knew that already and he is not the only world leader with such opinions.

It's more surprising that he says this out loud. I am not a psychologist but maybe indeed this is some kind of defecit in inhibitory control related to aging
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2025/04/28/2025.02.19.638971.full.pdf