| Re: OT: getting older/wiser [message #185123 is a reply to message #185120] |
Thu, 27 February 2014 17:11   |
Daniel Pitts
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On 2/27/14 5:22 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 2/27/2014 7:04 AM, bill wrote:
>> On 2/26/2014 1:52 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> If it does, log an error. Be sure to comment your code well so
>>> if you get the error 2 years from now you know what it means
>>> (it's amazing how short our memories can be! :) ).
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>> that's because: "(I've probably been in the industry longer than you've
>> been alive ;)"
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> Not at all. Even young people forget what they did a couple of years
> ago. Even six months can be difficult to remember the details.
I'm relatively young (early 30s), and I have trouble remembering what I
had for breakfast.
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>> Recent research indicates that the reason older folk think "slower" is
>> that they have more memories to go through to find what they are looking
>> for (tested with word finding).
>> It is reasonable to conclude that older = wiser, not slower.
Stupid people get old too ;-)
That isn't a commentary about anyone in particular, so please no one
take offense.
> Yes, but that research is controversial and has not been validated by
> peer review yet. Possibly in the future it will be, but until it is, it
> is only a theory. Remember cold fusion?
You clearly mean hypothesis. Theory is once its proven.
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>> OTOH, I wonder if all the brain space I used for comics and science
>> fiction (that I still remember) was a good brain space investment ?
>
> Of course it is! Entertainment is an important part of life.
+1
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