The Importance of Staying Young

I was motivated by noting the ways in which scientists grow old. And there are three different ways, one common way is they just become poor period and don't do very much. I think it's interesting that most scientists do their best work when they're young. It's a platitude people say this but there's a lot of truth in it. As you get older, you become less good at adopting new ideas and learning new techniques. So if you are going to go on making contribution in your later years, then the best you can do is to be on a plateau doing what you're good at etc.

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