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You should end up smarter after many years, shouldn't you? Yes, except for the pesky problem where your mind weakens and often falls apart entirely after not t

• bad_user 15y ago
  Intelligence is not a substitute for experience and some things just can't be rushed.
• huxley 15y ago
  That's certainly not inevitable for most people. If you find that you are declining mentally after 30 or 40, you are either doing something wrong or are genetically extremely unlucky. Exercise, a good diet, proper sleep, combined with plenty of intellectual and social interactions seem to be enough to keep you from measurably losing any mental faculties well into your 70s or 80s (and even 90+ if genetically lucky).
  • intenex 15y ago
    It actually is inevitable, as even you admit when we begin to reach our 70s/80s ;). If we don't die of something else, all of us will die of Alzheimer's. Simple fact of universal amyloid plaque buildup. http://www.amazon.com/Ending-Aging-Rejuvenation-Breakthroughs-Lifetime/dp/0312367066 http://www.amazon.com/Ending-Aging-Rejuvenation-Breakthrough... Also technically incorrect on the mental decline as well - our brains do start to irrevocably decline at around age 30. Our myelin sheaths fully develop in the early 20s, and from there, we have a few golden years until it's all downhill :D http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090320092111.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090320092111.ht...