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WCDT: 11-15 October 2010 (1771-1775)
peterh:
That is for you to decide. But I like you.
peterh:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 16 Oct 2010, 15:45 ---People in their 20s are adults, and should be treated as mature. People in their 60s, like me, have typically more experience of life; however, I believe it is important to realise that experience is not in itself wisdom. Wisdom is perhaps more to do with the ability to make appropriate use of experience - and can potentially be found at almost any age.
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Wisdom is the application of intelligence to experience.
Mr_Rose:
Yeah...I grew up with mobile telephony and I send correctly spelled and punctuated SMS missives. It''s my parents that use txt-spk.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: peterh on 16 Oct 2010, 15:51 ---Wisdom is the application of intelligence to experience.
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I'll go with that. But remember that with age, as well as experience increasing, intelligence commonly falls off in some respects; I do not believe that I could now do again the programming I was doing in my 20s, for instance. So it is not fair to assume (or imply) a simple superiority of age over youth, any more than it is to worship youth for its own sake.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: zadojla on 16 Oct 2010, 15:46 ---she said "I'm not a mathematician."
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I remember trying to explain to a supermarket manager the inherent absurdity of selling fire alarms for £3.99 each, £7.99 for a 2-pack, or £12.99 for a 3-pack. I got nowhere.
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