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by oasisbob 3972 days ago
Can someone please remind me how demographers defend treating post-WWII generations as being 20 years in length when the evidence is very clear that real generations are much longer?

http://www.isogg.org/wiki/Generation_length

I wouldn't care so much if it weren't for having to endure another round of inane punditry.