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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
by 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 agoThat doesn't contradict anything I said. "Fluid intelligence declines after 30" != "Old people can't learn anything".