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> There are plenty of people with wisdom well beyond their years. Yes, there are. But not in the sense you want to mean. There are plenty of kids who have live

by epo 14y ago

> There are plenty of people with wisdom well beyond their years. Yes, there are. But not in the sense you want to mean. There are plenty of kids who have lived through great hardship, who have had to learn survival and coping skills which one would only expect of someone much older. Pampered, middle class American white kids don't have that kind of wisdom, never will. What you are referring is cocky people who take their limited experience as some greater truth when all they are really doing is revealing how little they know. Wisdom comes from experience. Experience requires you both to have done things in your life and to have had the time to reflect on those events. That comes with age.

adrianhoward 14y ago
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience requires you both to have done things in your life and to have had the time to reflect on those events. That comes with age. ... and with having those experiences, and with having the ability to reflect and learn from them. I agree with William. I know some folk in their twenties who have done more (and reflected on what they've done and learned from it) that some folk I know that are my age (40s). Wisdom comes from having experiences and the ability to learn from them. While that's roughly correlated with age there are: * plenty of older folk who don't have many experiences, or don't have a good ability to learn from them * plenty of younger folk who push themselves - or get pushed - to have a bunch of experience and learn those lessons very well. I know people in their 20s who are wiser than people I know in their 60s. And vice versa. Personally I vastly prefer to look at people first rather than make assumptions based on age.
wpietri 14y ago
I am fascinated by your claimed mindreading skills. The sense I want to mean? Thanks, I know what I'm referring to. As I explained elsewhere in the thread (and before you posted), some of the people with wisdom beyond their years are indeed the people who had to learn coping skills early. Also, wisdom definitely does not come with age. I have met unwise retirees because they assiduously did not think about their experiences.

by epo 14y ago

adrianhoward 14y ago

Wisdom comes from experience. Experience requires you both to have done things in your life and to have had the time to reflect on those events. That comes with age. ... and with having those experiences, and with having the ability to reflect and learn from them. I agree with William. I know some folk in their twenties who have done more (and reflected on what they've done and learned from it) that some folk I know that are my age (40s). Wisdom comes from having experiences and the ability to learn from them. While that's roughly correlated with age there are: * plenty of older folk who don't have many experiences, or don't have a good ability to learn from them * plenty of younger folk who push themselves - or get pushed - to have a bunch of experience and learn those lessons very well. I know people in their 20s who are wiser than people I know in their 60s. And vice versa. Personally I vastly prefer to look at people first rather than make assumptions based on age.

wpietri 14y ago

I am fascinated by your claimed mindreading skills. The sense I want to mean? Thanks, I know what I'm referring to. As I explained elsewhere in the thread (and before you posted), some of the people with wisdom beyond their years are indeed the people who had to learn coping skills early. Also, wisdom definitely does not come with age. I have met unwise retirees because they assiduously did not think about their experiences.