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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I think the people who are lifelong learners don’t stand out to us as much, because they’re not pig-headed cunts. Thus the societal bias.

And perhaps I’m an optimist because all the elders in my family are the plastic sort (my 89 year old father still works as an aviation engineer and still builds his own computers, for instance).

Anyway, I was talking about potential, not statistics. e: and I mean it's psycho-social, not biological.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago

I think the people who are lifelong learners don’t stand out to us as much, because they’re not pig-headed cunts

Stupidity and ignorance makes people confident.