MHOO314
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ORIGINAL: perverseangelic Being that I'm in the 20-somethings set and thus know everything, I need to make a comment on the idea that age = experience. I believe that age = the potential for more experience, but that the idea that because someone is older they automatically know more about a given subject is flawed. I believe we need to make some very real distinctions between some key areas that seem to be for lack of a better phrase here "mixed metaphors"--- Age Education Experience Maturity Wisdom No one in their right mind can argue that an older person simply by virute of age has not had: More days of working More time to go to the bathroom More jobs More meals More time spent listening to news reports More inhalations and exhalations Its the fact that sheer age increases the numbers No one in their right mind should argue that AGE has anything to do with education. Geniuses often graduate high school at 8,9,10 (hush Chaingang, I'm getting there) People today are going back to school at 60, 70 and 80-- quote:
For example, I know a great deal about clothing in Ireland in the 9th century. It's a hobby of mine. I would put money on the fact that I know more about this subject that -many- people much older than me. I have more experience recreating it, and more experience wearing it. Am I more experienced at being alive? Nope. Do I know more overall? Nah. In that one area, though, do I have a claim on more experience than many people older than me? Most certainly. That is education--and practice that comes from the use of the education. That can happen at any age--My Unmentionable is the youngest certified horse massage therapist in the state of NC--is she educated? Yep-- in that chosen field Here is where the rub seems to start---Experience---we mistake the amount or types of experiences and equate it with MORE--it's not--its different--I would argue that age still has the ability to have More experiences simply by virute of age---By the time perverseangelic is My age, she will have made a gizillion times more Irish wear than she has now---but to say that because she knows that intimately does not mean she is MORE experienced than My Unmentionable who rides dressage--now if they BOTH had an interest in Irish clothing--at this moment by virtue of age, perverse would have MORE experience---but because she has that interest and Mine loves Dressage---does not mean either has More experience--they have different experiences---neither of which necessarily leads to maturity or wisdom quote:
Having been alive more years than I've been gives you the oportunity to have learned more than I have. Overall, and in most circumstances, I figure someone double my age has more general knowledge and experience. However, general knowledge and experience doesn't mean the same thing as knowledge of a spesific area. If we've studied more, or been doing it longer, we know more. Regardless of the relative ages of people invovled. I know more than someone new to BDSM, even if that person knows more than I do about the world in general. It's frustrating to me, because if young people state that they know a lot about something, they are often jumped on as claiming to know everything. Sometimes, we -are- just asserting that we know about a spesific thing, and not saying we know the world better than someone who's been in it more. Knowledge does not equate to maturity. Maturity is the ability to make use of the experience and education to make an intelligent decision--that only comes when the mind and body are at the capability to do that---is that age specific? No--some may not have the have the capability to make a decision based on those two factors. ( one would argue though that a two year old does not have the ability to make SOME decisions---correct, neither does a 40 something severe mentally handicapped adult)---So in the example above---perverse (assume for debate sake)---does not know anything about horses---knowledge and experience tells her she cannot simply go saddle and ride--My UM says the same about making an Irish costume. yet Maturity can come at any age---as long as one learns form ones "lessons" whatever those lessons may be. Maturity can also change at any given time in a life. quote:
How does one do that without self-knowledge as a starting point? --quoted from Chaingang ahhh Wisdom---borne from experience, education, maturity--note I did not say age--age is a multiplier--but what ChainGang said is very very right on--for all ages but self knowledge can happen at any age--however, one would tend to believe that is a result of much education ( education=learnings from something--formal, informal, or lessons learned), a bit of age (I did not specify here what "a bit" is), experience, and maturity. IMHO, age is a multiplier and in no way guarantees more experience, more education, more maturity or more wisdom---it DOES guarantee more opportunities---missed or taken--by virtue of numbers---- so my response is to argue: quote:
Maybe it's not precisely the claim that all these younger folk could be wise beyond their years that annoys me, maybe its the arrogance they exhibit about it. What the hell have you done with it or about it? quote:
Having been alive more years than I've been gives you the oportunity to have learned more than I have. Overall, and in most circumstances, I figure someone double my age has more general knowledge and experience. What the hell have they done with it or about it? That is where the question should lie, not in the chest beating, of I'm younger, I'm older-- I am different--You are different---I have lived more years, that does not mean I am older, wiser, smarter, You have lived few years--it does not mean you are wet behind the ears. We are different--- we can learn from each other. I am not flaming either of you, it just happens that you both had more complete responses of My preference to use as examples.
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