RE: The belief that learning is more difficult for older people (was: Bigotry (you win, I give up))

2017-04-20 Thread Deborah Swanson
Poor souls. It isn't pretty when the mind lets go. Maybe it sounds cold, but these people did make the choice every day of most of their lives to not bother themselves about the why of things, to not pay attention to this, to let someone else worry about that, etc. The sad thing is that this ad is

Re: The belief that learning is more difficult for older people (was: Bigotry (you win, I give up))

2017-04-20 Thread Rustom Mody
On Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 7:51:55 AM UTC+5:30, Ben Finney wrote: > "Deborah Swanson" writes: > > > But this bit caught my eye because I hold the opposite opinion about > > old people's ability to learn. > > > > It is a choice. > > The topic is complex, and both “It is entirely determined by

The belief that learning is more difficult for older people (was: Bigotry (you win, I give up))

2017-04-19 Thread Ben Finney
"Deborah Swanson" writes: > But this bit caught my eye because I hold the opposite opinion about > old people's ability to learn. > > It is a choice. The topic is complex, and both “It is entirely determined by your own choices” and “It is in no way determined by your own choices” are false. Th