age --> wisdom: true?
age --> wisdom: true?
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Only if you learn from your experiences and take the right lessons from them.
I would say however that most people do get wiser with age. Though the young always think they are wiser.
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not true....
case in point: politicians
considering that most politicians only get to positions of power after they are 40 (cases of prime ministers or presidents of younger age are rare) and considering that these people are complete morons....
if these people got wiser as they grew old.......how stupid would they have to be when they were young? Is such a thing even possible? I mean how would such people survive? they would surelly have forgot to inhale and exhale or something
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Well obviously even stupider so you havent proven a thing They had to work up to being a politician. Or maybe your right its down to being a politicianconsidering that most politicians only get to positions of power after they are 40 (cases of prime ministers or presidents of younger age are rare) and considering that these people are complete morons....
if these people got wiser as they grew old.......how stupid would they have to be when they were young?
I stick by my post however. Dont forget the disclaimer
Politicians certainly do not fall into this categoryOnly if you learn from your experiences and take the right lessons from them.
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age ≠ wisdom
I've known plenty of people who became less wise as they got older. It all depends on how you react to and learn from experience. Or don't, as the case may be.
Not if you get dementia.
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No.Originally Posted by Bijo
Events that garnish expirence, that in the future, may be drawn upon in reflection and applied to a current circumstance = wisdom (IMHO)
This theory dosent require one to be older, it just requires expirence, however i concede that with age your opportunity to expirence more is greater.
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Its like asking do you get smarter with age. Not quite the same thing. If you dont take your lessons to heart no. you wont get any wiser or smarter. This is a no brainer of a question that IMO I said all that needs to be said in my first post. No one has added anything new here.
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Gaining experience certainly helps. But you must be able to learn from your experiences as well.
And common sense is also a necessary prerequisite imo. If you have a decent amount of common sense, you can see and understand alot of things already without really experiencing them.
Off course, one can argue that common sense = wisdom.
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I think experience does help, but if you want to call that being wise, I dunno.
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In real life I have / had been arguing with those of old age (about anything) and when I use logic and experience of the things I have learnt and recall the deepness I have had and I know they err (and sometimes they themselves know so too), they usually turn to the argument that with age wisdom comes.
I then inform them they are in error and they -- wanting to be correct -- keep up silly arguments based on (their belief of) 'age --> wisdom'. The fools.
But it taught me another wisdom, a truism actually: it is difficult to change most old peoples' minds.
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Meme's seem to be territorial. Once an idea has taken hold it takes alot more effort to replace it then it took to originally plant one.
Sometimes part of learning is the ability to unlearn.
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I agree with both.
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Have you actually seen the youth parties of the main parties?Originally Posted by Ronin
Appearently breathing doesn't require much brainpower.
Husar, I've seen that one as a proverb (although it was formulated that the stupid ones learns from thier own mistakes and the wise ones from others).
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Ive said this before but wisdom comes when you realise that the more you learn makes you realize just how little you really know. If you are wise when you are young chances are you will get wiser as you age. So in general yes age does equal wisdom. If not you certainly are doing something wrong.
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Essentially I already have one not made of stone. It is an engine-like apparatus constructed from metal-like tools, iron, electrical wires, and so on, that could be referred to as "heart." But the point is: it is not made of stone.Originally Posted by Husar
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Age does not necessarily grant wisdom. It all depends on if you bother to learn.
However, the reverse equation, younger=dumber, does hold up pretty well.
Just look at me in the Beatles thread... getting pissed because I am being told to respect a musical group... that's why I stopped posting there, I was acting an ass.
This sounds like more of a last refuge sort of thing than a serious argument. But to be frank, I don't know anyone who reacts well to being told they are wrong. There's an art to that sort of discussion.Originally Posted by Bijo
Yeah, this is the sort of thing I'm talking about. Nobody likes to be "informed they are in error." One has to be a bit delicate when correcting another human being, even when they are obviously wrong. And as often as not, they're not going to change their minds right then. It's much better to ask questions, drop facts, and let their minds chug it over in their own good time. Unless the situation is life-threatening, there's no rush.Originally Posted by Bijo
One thing that can come with age: patience.
Why restrict this truism to old people? It's hard to change anyone's mind. Look at how you've posted in the SF/drama thread in the Frontroom. Multiple people came back at you with intelligent, informed critiques of your initial post, and you didn't modify your position in any meaningful way. You aren't old, are you?Originally Posted by Bijo
A mulish attitude is not the preserve of the aged, and you don't need to be advanced in years to plant your heels in the ground.
I like the Oscar Wilde line: "I am not young enough to know everything".Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
It works both ways young fella I cant tell you how many times I argue with my son about things and he says your old fashioned . It dont work that way any more. I got news for you both. I said the same exact thing to my dad. And you know what? He was almost always right. Human nature doesnt change. The young think we old people are senile and out of touch and we think you just havent had enough experience to be really wise yet. Nothing as they say beats experience. You usually learn more from your mistakes than you accomplishments. So yes wisdom once more does come with age.I then inform them they are in error and they -- wanting to be correct -- keep up silly arguments based on (their belief of) 'age --> wisdom'. The fools.
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I was referring to them in real life situations, thus the truism was applied accordingly. It is no restriction.Originally Posted by Lemur
EDIT: excluded the unnecessary word 'because'
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Yes, yes indeed. It is quite correct. I must admit there have been times I noticed people after some time (weeks, or months, etc.) and what I told them before suddenly was so obvious to them.Originally Posted by Lemur
But that is not enough. It shouldn't just be about... "changing minds" as if people are changing (irrelevant) "beliefs or opinions" (for it really appears like it, as if having to get used to another belief which they have to get comfortable with); they should use logic (rationality, reason) in the first place and rid themselves of the irrelevant things that only distract them in false ways -- that only distort their minds.
If they did that, there wouldn't even be a need to... "carefully tweak them" and let them "get used to an idea" to finally after a long time arrive at the obvious truth.
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I already explained it in the chat, but logic can also be used to spot metaphors.Originally Posted by Bijo
There's another quote I'd like to add:
"I don't believe that people choose to be stupid." - N. M. Vonken
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Too soon old, too late smart.
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Age does bring wisdom, but it also brings other things, such as an inability to change, dogmatic views and a belief that one is wiser than is the case. WW1 is a great example of the inability of those in charge to see what modern warfare was - I'd bet not a single man in the trenches had any great store for cavalry.
Innovation is usually the remit of the young, who can see new ways of doing things. They are also better at altering things for new uses.
As the world moves on faster, the pace at which knowledge is eroded increases. My father has less experience with many things today than I do as I use them more and started doing so earlier. Many of the things that we is far more familiar with are not in use.
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Age -> experience.
From that, one could derive wisdom, but it's not a given.
However, I tend to agree with rory and disagree with Lemur, mental inflexibility seems to be more a trait of the old, rather than the young. I see that in myself, as well (in the sense that I'm trying to analyze how I used to think/feel about things several years ago, and how I do now - and I've been becoming less and less flexible over time, despite the fact that I've always been aware of it and been trying to avoid it...).
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