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Personally, I think you two are talking around one another. Age doesn't matter wrt knowledg but it does matter when it comes to wisdom.

Asp-z comes off as a teenage youngster but turns out he has at least 1 year of college so is much older than I thought when I addressed him earlier. (thought he was about 14 based on posts) He also has chip on his shoulder about being young or at least seems to based on how sensitive he is to being called young and defending youth. Being young is great BUT there is danger in thinking that you know everything at any age. When people reach a certain age (ususally in their 30s) MOST of the time, they realize how little they knew when there were younger and thought they knew everything. Asp-z simply hasn't reached that stage yet where he can differentiate between knowledge and wisdom. Age doesn't invalidate the knowledge... Only the wisdom.

...And then there are the old farts who still haven't developed wisdom so age isn't the only indicator of wisdom either It is just really, really rare to ever find a young person with great wisdom.

As I said before... It isn't about being right but about getting it right. THAT is the thing this post is really about.

Does allowing a person to obsess on their obsession to the exclusion of most everything else promote happiness and success, or do we limit our obsessions and seek some balance? Where is that balance?

This is a good post actually.

It's weird you thought I was 14 from my posts since I've had a fair few people say I seem like I'm in my 20's, but hey

I do disagree it's rare to find a young person with wisdom, though. I think that a lot of young people act immaturely, but if you talk to them as equals, you'll discover just how wise they actually are.

Anyway, I'm busy coding a site, so I'll get on with that for now.

Of course you believe you have wisdom. That is the dilemma of being at that age where you "know it all". One day you will understand the difference between knowledge and wisdom and this conversation will then be more clear. It is a dagerous place to be and you would do well to realize where you are as you go through the next years in life. It is an exciting and fun place to be but can also cause troubles if you are oblivious to this tendancy to have your cup full all the time.

I have raised two young people from my own body (both getting advanced degrees right now) and mentored many more (all college grads or in college), who think of me as Mom or Aunt (AKA family). I am also a mentor to a 13 year old young Aspie man currently. I have a good "feel" for young people and how to help them become productive beings on this planet despite their differences. I also have MUCH respect for all of them and they me.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I don't think I know it all at all. I know I have much to learn. But I also know that, even at my comparatively young age, I'm also better at some things than some adults are, so I still resent the idea that just because someone is older than me, they know better than me.

@ how cute you are. Again you mistake knowledge and wisdom. We are talking circles due to your inability to comprehend the delta here. Knowlege is "knowing" something and "wisdom" is knowing what to do with that something. (To know and to not do is to not know) Someone who is older than you MOST PROBABLY knows better than you about things despite the fact that you have technically "right" knowledge compared to them. It isn't about being right... It is about getting it right.

Come back and read this post in 20 years. It will all make sense then. I promise.