I've seen Singapore youths "maturing" at a much yonger age than
last time. Some already are extremely strongly-opinionated even
though they are just primary school students. Is this a healthy
trend?
Strong opinions does not mean "maturity of thoughts". It merely
means that the person is self-centered.
As for why it happened, I would guess its a combination of the
current trends and the relatively pampered environment they are
under these days.
Then whether is it healthy or not, only time would tell. I wouldn't
say its entirely bad, as strong opinions can mean resolve and
passion, but on the other hand can also mean stubborness.
I'm not saying it isn't good to be mature, but youths these days
give me the feeling of being pseudo-mature, that is they think they
are mature, but in reality, they are not. As we grow up to be
adults, we create more and more philosophy and beliefs through
experiences, but youths seem to do the same thing too, minus the
experiences(maybe through pseudo-experiences? like movies, etc).
Might this cause them to hold on to errornous beliefs till
adulthood?
What do you mean by pseudo-experiences? Computer simulation?
Movies?? Books? TV? Can you say that your thoughts aren't affected
by these mediums of communication?
Humans invented the words and language to communicate to each
other. The experience of others are pooled into data stores so that
the rest might benefit. Along the way, it is up to each human to
interpret what they saw.
So, can errornous beliefs be defined? I would think not.