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Exactly. "Cognitive decline"? The studies I've seen in the past ten years say it ain't necessarily so; you're talking about Joe 6-Pack, not people who use their

by sabat 14y ago

Exactly. "Cognitive decline"? The studies I've seen in the past ten years say it ain't necessarily so; you're talking about Joe 6-Pack, not people who use their brains for a living. We only get smarter and more nimble.

orangecat 14y ago
We only get smarter and more nimble. Sadly, this appears to not be the case. All the research I'm aware of indicates that fluid intelligence peaks in your 20s and then inexorably falls. To some extent this can be offset by experience and staying mentally active, but there's no way you'll have the same memory recall at 70 that you did at 30. Yet another reason aging is awful and we should be spending a lot more effort trying to prevent or repair its damage (e.g. http://sens.org http://sens.org), rather than expensively treating and ultimately succumbing to individual diseases of old age.
- jebblue 14y ago
  >> but there's no way you'll have the same memory recall at 70 that you did at 30. My Dad, a WWII veteran taught himself microprocessor assembly programming in the 80's for fun. When I found out he was doing what I was doing as young man and was thinking I was all hot; oops reality bytes. You have a lot to learn dude, try not to attempt to profess too much.
  - orangecat 14y ago
    That doesn't contradict anything I said. "Fluid intelligence declines after 30" != "Old people can't learn anything".
tsotha 14y ago
I don't know what studies you've been looking at, but that doesn't jibe with what I've read at all.
- jebblue 14y ago
  It's "jive" dude, as in jive turkey. I've watched and read a number of articles on how using your brain keeps it working well. Wow. Thanks modern medical science, duh.
  - tsotha 14y ago
    >It's "jive" dude, as in jive turkey. Oh, what a surprise! You're sure and yet... you're wrong. "Jibe" is the correct word. >I've watched and read a number of articles on how using your brain keeps it working well. Wow. Thanks modern medical science, duh. Yeah, duh. Using your brain does keep it in better shape than if you don't use it, so you got that part right. But you should have read the rest of the article, the part where it says you can't stop the decline - you can just slow it down.
    - jebblue 14y ago
      Apparently it is more than just a sailing term, my bad, I thought you were using it in a playful reflective sense given the nature of age in the discussion similar to this definition: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jive http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jive
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by sabat 14y ago

orangecat 14y ago

We only get smarter and more nimble. Sadly, this appears to not be the case. All the research I'm aware of indicates that fluid intelligence peaks in your 20s and then inexorably falls. To some extent this can be offset by experience and staying mentally active, but there's no way you'll have the same memory recall at 70 that you did at 30. Yet another reason aging is awful and we should be spending a lot more effort trying to prevent or repair its damage (e.g. http://sens.org http://sens.org), rather than expensively treating and ultimately succumbing to individual diseases of old age.

jebblue 14y ago
>> but there's no way you'll have the same memory recall at 70 that you did at 30. My Dad, a WWII veteran taught himself microprocessor assembly programming in the 80's for fun. When I found out he was doing what I was doing as young man and was thinking I was all hot; oops reality bytes. You have a lot to learn dude, try not to attempt to profess too much.
- orangecat 14y ago
  That doesn't contradict anything I said. "Fluid intelligence declines after 30" != "Old people can't learn anything".

tsotha 14y ago

I don't know what studies you've been looking at, but that doesn't jibe with what I've read at all.

jebblue 14y ago
It's "jive" dude, as in jive turkey. I've watched and read a number of articles on how using your brain keeps it working well. Wow. Thanks modern medical science, duh.
- tsotha 14y ago
  >It's "jive" dude, as in jive turkey. Oh, what a surprise! You're sure and yet... you're wrong. "Jibe" is the correct word. >I've watched and read a number of articles on how using your brain keeps it working well. Wow. Thanks modern medical science, duh. Yeah, duh. Using your brain does keep it in better shape than if you don't use it, so you got that part right. But you should have read the rest of the article, the part where it says you can't stop the decline - you can just slow it down.
  - jebblue 14y ago
    Apparently it is more than just a sailing term, my bad, I thought you were using it in a playful reflective sense given the nature of age in the discussion similar to this definition: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jive http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jive
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