Looks like your grandmother was right. She does know everything. And now she has the research to prove it. Thanks a lot, University of Michigan.
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And researchers led by Richard E. Nisbett of the University of
Michigan found that older people were more likely than younger or
middle-aged ones to recognize that values differ, to acknowledge
uncertainties, to accept that things change over time and to acknowledge
others' points of view.
"Age effects on wisdom hold at every
level of social class, education, and IQ," they report in Tuesday's
edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In
modern America, older people generally don't have greater knowledge
about computers and other technology, Nisbett acknowledged, "but our
results do indicate that the elderly have some advantages for analysis
of social problems."
"I hope our results will encourage people to
assume that older people may have something to contribute for thinking
about social problems," Nisbett said.
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