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Part of the reason old people stick with old ideas and prejudices is that they have old brains. Real rejuvenation would make old brains as flexible as young bra
by DennisP 6y ago
Part of the reason old people stick with old ideas and prejudices is that they have old brains. Real rejuvenation would make old brains as flexible as young brains, and there's already been research in that direction.
- tsimionescu 6y agoSure, there's a component of that. But cognitive biases such as sunk cost and the huge value we give personal experience are much bigger determiners for this attitude I believe. It's simply very hard to change the mind of someone who has worked with the same assumptions for 20 years. Hence, 'physics advances one funeral at a time' etc.