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We don't need any scientist to explain why we don't want to learn as we age. The simple reason is we have too much responsibilities as an adult. As an adult, we
by davidtranjs 6y ago
We don't need any scientist to explain why we don't want to learn as we age. The simple reason is we have too much responsibilities as an adult. As an adult, we have to:
- Take care for the kids
- Take care for our partners.
- Take care for our job
- Cooking and cleaning the house every day.
In order to learn something we have to focus, imagine getting disturb every 15 minutes because of our responsibilities above. We will give up learning soon.
Actually I found out the when I grow up, my thinking ability getting better than when I was a child.
- ImaCake 6y agoWe need scientists to deconvolve the "more responsibilities" bit from a physical change inside the brain. It is easy to imagine that both are occuring at the same time. But it is difficult to prove this since they both confound the effect of the other.
- Mediterraneo10 6y ago> The simple reason is we have too much responsibilities as an adult. I don’t think it is that simple. I spend a lot of time in communities of people of leisure. Not millionaire celebrities, but just people who were savvy with saving and investing, and able to retire already in their 30s and spend the rest of their days on a tropical beach somewhere. These people have almost no responsibilities, but as they get older many lose all interest in acquiring new skills, even learning the local language or a new hobby. With regard to learning’s interaction with “responsible adult life”, the cynic in me wonders if the situation is the reverse: learning new skills is a way to display mating behavior in young adulthood, and once people acquire a spouse and start a family, there is less need for going through the motions of showing one is an intelligent mate.