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So do you respect 12-year-olds as much as you respect 25-year-olds? Do you respect the opinions on work and adult responsibilities of a 23-year-old as much as t
by ConspiracyFact 1y ago
So do you respect 12-year-olds as much as you respect 25-year-olds? Do you respect the opinions on work and adult responsibilities of a 23-year-old as much as those of a 35-year-old? Do you trust the professional judgment of a junior engineer as much as that of a senior engineer?
Older people, in general, know more and have better judgment than younger people.
- anthk 1y agoNot in Japan.
- piltdownman 1y agoYou're conflating age with wisdom - a common fallacy when charisma is valued over education, leading to Septuagenarian Heads of State ruling on partisan lines rather than Technocratic and egalitarian governance.
- ConspiracyFact 1y agoAge correlates with wisdom. It’s not a fallacy. I don’t claim that every person is wiser than all people younger than him.