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Comment by kaonwarb

11 days ago

Cognition certainly declines with age at the population level. See e.g. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4906299/.

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make3  11 days ago

yes but he's 30 not 90, and knowledge and experience continues to accumulate through life, which can certainly compensate

  • DustinEchoes  11 days ago

    The decline starts in your early thirties, and those who are pushing their cognition to its limit are the first to notice.

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