Does Age Determine Wisdom?

Naya wrote: So should age be what determines someone's level of wisdom? What do you think?

I wish that were true. :laugh:

Nevertheless all are due respect.

The older I get, the less wisdom I realize I know. :huh: For example, I just recently learned how to grow my own food and I'm almost 40, but my grandma already knew that by the time she was 12...

I think that wisdom comes from a combination of age, knowledge and experience. As we get older we are exposed to more outside stimulus from what we would attain only living at home. These experiences add knowledge to our collected intelligence. As we gain this knowledge through those experiences, we become able to "predict" the outcome of coming events. We learn when to speak and when to shut up. Wisdom comes at the age in which the culmination of your life experiences and knowledge are appropriate for the environment you reside.


Ponder this...
A wise hermit is wise on the ways of what? A wise monk is wise in the ways of what? When a young adult is said to be "wise before their time", what are all these people "wise" in reference to?

Wisdom, I think, is to know when to speak up when it is most important to be heard and to shut up when what you have to say has no value and knowing the difference. At least one aspect of wisdome that is,

Whyte Horse wrote: The older I get, the less wisdom I realize I know. :huh: For example, I just recently learned how to grow my own food and I'm almost 40, but my grandma already knew that by the time she was 12...

Well gaining a new skill is never a bad thing, and we can't all attain the skills that everyone else has at the same time they have gained them. I'm sure there were things you could do at 12 that your grandmother couldn't. I learned how to do basic car maintenance when I was a teenager because my stepdad is a mechanic. Not many teen girls can say that. We all have our own experiences.

Phortis Nespin wrote: Ponder this...
A wise hermit is wise on the ways of what? A wise monk is wise in the ways of what? When a young adult is said to be "wise before their time", what are all these people "wise" in reference to?

Oh now, this is going to make my brain hurt.

Naya wrote:

Whyte Horse wrote: The older I get, the less wisdom I realize I know. :huh: For example, I just recently learned how to grow my own food and I'm almost 40, but my grandma already knew that by the time she was 12...

Well gaining a new skill is never a bad thing, and we can't all attain the skills that everyone else has at the same time they have gained them. I'm sure there were things you could do at 12 that your grandmother couldn't. I learned how to do basic car maintenance when I was a teenager because my stepdad is a mechanic. Not many teen girls can say that. We all have our own experiences.

Well yeah I knew a lot about cars at age 12, but you can't eat a car... Is it wiser to learn to fix a car or to learn to feed yourself first? Obviously both would be useful.

Knowing how to fix a car can feed you, and your family.

Lol, it would even work out that way with your penchant for the bartering system.

I'll do a tune up for a bag of food!

I also think wisdom is a recognized and granted/bestowed quality. As a wise person would not make a claim of being wise, assuming humble goes hand in hand with wisdom. Wise enough to know he's not wise?