| Re: OT: getting older/wiser [message #185120 is a reply to message #185119] |
Thu, 27 February 2014 13:22   |
Jerry Stuckle
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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.
> 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.
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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?
> 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 ?
>
> bill
Of course it is! Entertainment is an important part of life.
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