(May 4, 2009 at 6:32 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: People reach a certain level of maturity as ~25. Another benchmark I would say is at around 35. When you really don't give a shit at around 40 then maybe you've hit it. But old people (80+) can be far wiser. They see merit in the ramblings of small children.
I disagree ... there are people who will always be stupid, people who don't learn at all from experience, people who should never be allowed on a jury or even (IMO) to vote ... ultimately we base maturity on a societal concept that as you get older you get wiser and some people just, well, don't and some people are born plain smart. And then, of course, there's the fact that wisdom is not across the board ... just because someone is wise in the ways of, say, government doesn't mean they can't be a total pillock when it comes to some other arena.
Kyu
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