| Re: OT: getting older/wiser [message #185131 is a reply to message #185123] |
Thu, 27 February 2014 21:20   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 2/27/2014 12:11 PM, Daniel Pitts wrote:
> 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! :) ).
>>>
>>> that's because: "(I've probably been in the industry longer than you've
>>> been alive ;)"
>>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>> 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.
Incorrect. Theories are by definition not proven. From Dictionary.com:
Theory:
1. a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as
correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction
for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity.
2. a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject
to experimentation, in contrast to well-established propositions that
are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact.
<snip other definitions>
Taking their example, Einstein's theory of relativity is generally
regarded as correct (at least no major contradictions have been found).
But, like other theories, it may be impossible to "prove" it. But it
could be dis-proven by finding an example that contradicts it.
>>
>>> 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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