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A comment on Ask HN: Why is it harder to learn new things the older you get?.

Re:Ask HN: Why is it harder to learn new things the older yo... by evo_9 on Monday November 26, 2018 @01:55PM (#18535820)
It that true? I'm 51 and I feel it's easier to learn new things now, I have a much larger base of knowledge and experience to draw from.

I'm genuinely curious if this a proven fact or something that just assumed to be the case.

I do recognize that most people I know have stopped really trying to learn new things; seemed like most of my friends got stuck around 35-40.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is it harder to learn new things the older yo... by superasn on Monday November 26, 2018 @04:09PM (#18536822)
Yes I too think this is just something we've been hearing all our lives, like boys don't cry and girls don't climb trees, that we start fearing the same even though it may be untrue.

I too find learning a lot easier (but it could also be because learning now is actually easier thanks to videos). Regardless if you put the time and energy into it I think adults learn a lot faster.

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