Joe told the First Lady he didn't feel well.

[Ms. Toad]

44. I see nothing that suggests they accounted for other factors, equally - or more likely - to age

to account for the difference.

For example:

Did they account for normal sleep patterns. A disproportionate number of early birds in the older population compared to the younger population could easily show up the same way.

Did they account for sundowning. An elderly population is more likely to include people with dementia (at all stages) than the younger population - and afternoon decline is a known symptom of dementia. (They did administer the same test Trump has passed twice . . . so it clearly isn't a sufficient test to rule out anything more than very advanced dementia.)

Without a more rigorous exploration of factors, other than age, that would account for the difference it is just as much nonsense as the assertion that people who are still in bed at 11 AM are lazy.

This is an issue I've been fighting my entire life - not just personally, but professionally. That includes my most recent job where my boss was a morning person and had embedded morning person prejudices about when and how to study in study guides she had designed for all students. This highly educated person actually believed - as fact - all of the myths, until she worked with me (an objectively better student) and was finally able to start setting them aside.