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tacos · 2015-12-04 · Original thread
Notwithstanding the fact that "age is unrelated to wisdom" was a gentle contextual device used to dismiss the commenter's odd assumption about my age, a search for "age is unrelated to wisdom" turns up actual research papers.

"neither general nor personal wisdom have a positive linear relationship to age... age is not only not related to personal wisdom (as is the case for general wisdom) but even negatively related..."

[Mickler & Staudinger (2008), Sneed & Whitbourne (2003)]

Source: The Scientific Study of Personal Wisdom: From Contemplative Traditions to Neuroscience

http://www.amazon.com/Scientific-Study-Personal-Wisdom-Conte...

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