> Supposedly you get wiser and expert. Well, you do. I'm over the hill and I'm objectively more capable than I was in my 20s. It's possible for this to be true

> Supposedly you get wiser and expert. Well, you do. I'm over the hill and I'm objectively more capable than I was in my 20s. It's possible for this to be true despite declining cognition. My abilities differ. In my 20s I relied on sheer problem solving ability. I could focus for days on a problem. I think I could better visualize specifics and more reliably remember. Wisdom is different. Later in life I find I'm more able to navigate deeper social issues, more capable of seeing bigger picture patterns. I manage myself better, and these higher order changes result in my getting a lot more done than when I was younger. There's much more to real world brain performance than certain narrow measures of technical capability.