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> It's easy to forget that in many ways a 30 year old only has twice the experience of a 15 year old. At walking and eating, sure, but for many other things, t
by anamax 16y ago
> It's easy to forget that in many ways a 30 year old only has twice the experience of a 15 year old.
At walking and eating, sure, but for many other things, the 30 year old has more than 2x as much experience. It depends on when they start.
For example, if someone learns math at 5, that someone can have 10 years of experience at 15 and 25 years at 30.
If said someone doesn't start doing something until 10, the numbers are 5 and 20.
- Retric 16y agoI suspect the average 30 year old in the US is probably worse on a standardized math test than the average 15 year old. Back in collage I took Differential Equations, but at 30 I really don't recall the specifics. In many ways I was probably better at math a 17 than I am today. Now take the average person that can't recall how to use %'s correctly and they may have been better at 15.
- anamax 16y agoThat's why I wrote "can have" instead of "will have" - elapsed time is an upper limit but individuals may do something else with that time.