Re:The relationship between age and wisdom-related performan...
by jondubois on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @07:25PM
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Most people definitely become wiser with age. Maybe the results are skewed because millennials are a particularly wise generation which have to deal with increasingly complex social, economic and environmental problems and this forces them to think more and ask more questions. Also, the internet has given millenials a big advantage in terms of finding information. It's not fair to compare one generation with another completely different generation; we need to track people from the same generation over a long period of time in order to get meaningful results.
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Re:The relationship between age and wisdom-related performan...
by jasonbarrah on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @08:01PM
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This study is from 1999, before the internet as we know it, and long before children walked around with smartphones in their pockets. Its also very clear from you answer that you are a young person. I wonder if your answer will change when you are 75?
Re:The relationship between age and wisdom-related performan...
by icholy on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @07:34PM
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> millennials are a particularly wise generation
that rubbed me the wrong way
Re:The relationship between age and wisdom-related performan...
by stretchwithme on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @07:30PM
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I think it's because the wise live longer. Even if they are declining, the average tends to stay the same.
Wisdom is mostly about paying attention and adapting, not all about accumulating experience, as new things keep coming and rendering much of your experience (with things, not with people) irrelevant. It's complicated.
Re:The relationship between age and wisdom-related performan...
by Just_Smith on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @07:51PM
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Why do you believe that the wise live longer? That seems a hasty conclusion to come to, especially when the age you live to can be influenced by factors that wisdom can't circumvent.
Re:The relationship between age and wisdom-related performan...
by stretchwithme on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @07:03PM
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I think wisdom helps you live your life successfully and avoid unnecessary risks. And avoid Darwin awards. Not understanding how things work can get you killed. Or you can die younger from smoking, drug abuse or not eating your vegetables.
The alternative is thinking that choices don't affect how long you live and I don't think that makes sense.