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James

"Earl Evleth" wrote in message

On 5/12/10 14:39, in article
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"JohnM" wrote:

Our brains are hard wired to do it this way. It seems Dr. Lewis is
demonstrating the very phenomenon he laments, letting his affect and
worldviews interfere with taking all the reliable evidence into
account in order to make a truly informed and fair judgment."

As people get older their thinking changes. We are not, in particular,
as competent as we were younger. I sometimes reread the papers I have
published and find that I don't understand them fully. My decline is
evident, I am not the same person, I appeared more "brilliant" then
than now. In fact I asked myself, "did I write that"? I know I did
but it is confusing, the difference between then and now.

Old professionals have to be careful. It is better to appear wise
than attempt to act wise. Einstein did that, he did nothing important
later in life except appearing wise.

It's been pointed out that people do their best in their 20s and early
30s. After that, you are over the hill and have to rest on any laurels
you may have accumulated