<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:14 AM, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I don't know if it is mentioned in the paper, but I would add that<br>
because of their senior status, old people have a greater fear of<br>
making a mistake, or getting the wrong answer. So they check and<br>
recheck their results before answering.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I know I'm much less likely to guess at something now than I did when I was younger. I remember the days when I KNEW so much... that was so wrong... starting with the knowledge that some kid dug up and translated gold plates in upstate New York in the early 1800s... Sigh.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Now, I've become so skeptical and jaded that I don't even know if we really have a good answer to the original question of this thread. Some say attention span has shrunk, but what proof do we really have? I believe it, it fits anecdotal information and what I believe about our changing world but I can't really prove it yet.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Kelly</div></div><br></div></div>