The Older You Get, The Wiser You Get

Do you believe this?

 

the more data you aquire the more opportunity you have to interpret it rationally. no guarantee you will. and rather a large number of people never give a shit about doing so.
as a result they fail to get wiser or anything else. it doesn't happen by osmosis.
the older one gets, the more data they have had the opportunity to aquire.
the young are at a disadvantage in this regard.
if an older person says something that sounds unfamiliar, they're probably right.
because what sounds familiar often does so from a lack of either sufficient data or of objective analysis.
but if they just say the same thing you hear all the time from everyone else
there's a good chance they've failed to make use of the advantages their life has offered them.

 

Sorry... I don't recall.

 

It's possible, you do things enough it becomes automatic. But then again, you can be an automated robot and be oblivious to the world and things around you. Imo, you get old and what you tried last time that didn't work, if second time is not adjusted than chances of being a lost cause it high!

 

i've noticed that. when i was young i always wanted to be old and wise. i seem to have the old part down pretty good.

 

generally true but not the rule. I know some immature old people


define wisdom.

it starts with the real fear of God

 

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No not necessarily.

There is something to be said about experience but older people tend to be more set in their ways. A youthful burgeoning mind can certainly be as wise in some sense as some older person who chooses to spend their time vegging out on tv for instance.

I don't believe that significant experiences necessarily lead to accumulating wisdom if there is no effort put in for growth from said experiences.

Technology is moving incredibly quick as well, so in arenas like that it is often difficult to be wise in many aspects of it.

On top of all that, there have been studies done that suggest children can perform better than adults on some types of tests. I don't know if such tests suggests children are more wise necessarily but I think it shows that the mind is not inherently structured to save all it's understanding of life until later life. Also, it tends to be easier for children to pick up another language than adults.


There is often a more stabilized approach to life that I tend to notice in older people. Perhaps experience helps one to gain better balance of one's psyche and views if they address significant experiences when they come.

 

yes

but its more of a Bell curve...tapers off immensely near the end (and yet the people don't realise it happening)

 

I wish I could be 19 again but with what I know now.

 

the older you get, the more OPPORTUNITY you have to BECOME wise.

SOME people take advantage of it. some don't.

that's the whole long and the short of it right there.

 

No. It is just that as you get older, you get better at taking care of and protecting that you which is the real brains of the operation, about 4 years old.
You are yourself your whole life you just get better at it.
(Except in 40 years you will still be mad if you are a sucker, sad if you are a dick, embarrassed if you...etc. You do get better at your faults and weaknesses too.)

There is this - you know that person that is a big butt hole, always says the most horrible or rightestest sounding thing that they think makes them look good?
Yup. Still the same, except it's stupid. It's funny looking. You will laugh.

 

if i'm still alive in another 40 years, i'll be 106.

 

I'll be dead...

 

odds are. but we don't KNOW that. i'll be very much surprised to make it past 80.

 

Yo Ho Yo Ho a pirate's life for me. Hundred or not. Must.

 

Some people just never get older, some people never get smarter )

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A

 

people who never get smarter you meet all the time. people who never get older are somewhat less common.