Re:Teenager Finds Classical Alternative to Quantum Recommend...
by lordnacho on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @01:22PM
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Surely him being very young impresses more.
Kylian Mbappe won the World Cup a couple of weeks ago. He was 19. That makes it a bigger deal.
Generally people are impressed by accomplishments made by younger people. I suppose there is also a similar effect at the other end, for a similar reason: you're disadvantaged in accomplishing stuff if you're at either end of the age spectrum. You either had a lot less time to get to the top, or your faculties are waning precipitously.
Kylian Mbappe won the World Cup a couple of weeks ago. He was 19. That makes it a bigger deal.
Generally people are impressed by accomplishments made by younger people. I suppose there is also a similar effect at the other end, for a similar reason: you're disadvantaged in accomplishing stuff if you're at either end of the age spectrum. You either had a lot less time to get to the top, or your faculties are waning precipitously.