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We were all young once. We all made hilariously incorrect assertions.
by cjensen 12y ago
We were all young once. We all made hilariously incorrect assertions.
- xcntktn 12y agoYeah, and this is the place to read them all!
- sillysaurus3 12y agoIs it an incorrect assertion? http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0094215&representation=PDF http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3... Taken literally, it seems to be true. Your reaction time slows down after 24, as the data shows.
- rtpg 12y agoExcept we all know this isn't what he meant. Though I guess we always need the "technically corrrct" comment ;)
- sillysaurus3 12y agoOf course he wasn't talking about reaction time, but it shows an interesting trend. If reaction time slows down, then what else slows down with it? The only reason we accept the reaction time slowdown is because it's easy to measure. What about other attributes which are harder to measure, like general intelligence? It just seems strange that everyone is saying his assertion is unquestionably false when, if anything, the evidence seems to suggest the opposite.
- baddox 12y agoIt's well accepted that the perception of time changes with age.
- readme 12y agointelligence does drop as you age, up to around 10pts by the time you're 40. knowledge however, increases.
- sillysaurus3 12y agoYeah, that's true. Knowledge is more important than raw intelligence, and you can do more with it.
- mfisher87 12y agoAnd don't forget experience, skill, wisdom. You could call those all "knowledge" if you want, but they have more specific connotations than just "knowin' stuff". I don't disagree that being young confers special advantages and powers. Young people can more easily blunder up a wonderful mistake because they have less to lose. That's important. But that's not the only way!
- EGreg 12y agoGood thing that the fetchobject action was performed by a computer then, eh? :)
- readme 12y agoReaction doesn't matter so much if your reactions aren't correct.
- vonnik 12y agoThat's the whole story of HFT.
- personZ 12y agoFWIW, that particular study was pure absurdity: The only demonstrated facet of the analysis was that when you compared players of equal standings, younger players relied more upon speed. As reasonable of a conclusion was that "older" players simply made smarter moves rather than faster moves. Absolutely nothing was demonstrated about reaction time.