Lyman BrysonThe error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence.
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The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience. I don’t think this quote has aged well. There are so many things that can be learned from experiences that become invaluable as we grow older. In the case of the quote above, I think that young people believe that they can just learn something and then apply it.
That is not the case. Think about all the mistakes you have made in life and how you have overcome them by learning from those mistakes. The error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence.
In other words, older people believe that their prior experiences are what they need to be successful now. They think they know everything, so it doesn’t matter what you have experienced.
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