how come old people aren't usually all that wise?

Life experience is not the same as intelligence.

>>2507017

BECAUSE WISDOM IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ONE ACCRUES WITH AGE.

>>2507017

WISDOM, AND INTELLIGENCE, ARE NOT MUTUALLY EQUIVALENT.

Wisdom is no longer a prerequisite to get ahead in life, or to survive.

>>2507045
Do you always have to use all-caps to get your point across?

>>2507017
Dementia

>>2507060
WHY DON'T YOU?

cause they only parrot what they see on tv and they never change the channel
all old people always watch the same fucking tv channel
they never see the whole picture

>>2507017
Because old people are young people that lived longer and got old.
They're still stupid jackasses and largely economically useless.

>>2507017
Because any life experiences they had are far different than Jimmy's who was born in 2000 and had an iPhone before he could go to school

>>2507017
Modern medicne. Not to say thet there weren't dumb older people in the olden days but you had to be doing somthing right if you reached 60 before the 19th centry. Nowadys people can be over 600 pounds and reach middle age before their heart gives up, and even they they can just get a new one.

>>2507124
GOOD POINT!

Age-related cognitive decline.

Don't worry, it's going to happen to you someday.

>inb4 genetic engineering bluepill, muh techno-utopian transhuman fantasies, FALC pipe dreams and assorted millennial trash ideas of the 2010s

Your brain is going to rot over decades and you will die. Deal with it.

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One has to have the basic necessary intelligence to be wise and then just improve on that through the years. Most people don't have that base, they just get old but remain average or dumb, plus dementia on top.