Re: Thoughts on aging\'s effect on learning and intelligence
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I feel as smart as ever and like I learn things just as quickly as ever. I also run a mile faster than I could when I was 17.
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But can you run a 100 yard dash as fast?
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Being a super genius at something also has a lot to do with a moderately long (meaning a few years - not like decades) and extremely intense study of something. For a lot of reasons this is just something younger males are much more likely to do than other groups.
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This makes a lot of sense. Supposedly in chess the best players aren't the smartest, but the ones who can concentrate the best. Maybe genius comes down to concentration stamina more than anything else.
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