Harrison West

Debra Jizi
UWRT 1102 (29)
16 March 2016
Do You Get Wiser With Age?
Does a person get wiser with age? My purpose of this inquiry project is
to explore the question of age being relative to being wise. I have
always thought of myself as being wise for my years but is that just
ignorance. I want to find out if my thought can be true. Prior to starting
this inquiry project I believed that time was relative and that its a
persons reflective experiences, which causes someone to look inward
towards themselves, creates real wisdom. A person by age twenty
could have the same number of those experiences as someone age
sixty. I believed that just because its possible to get wiser with age
doesnt mean that you must be old to be wise. After doing a little
research I determined there must be an understanding of what
constitutes being wise. Is it being book smart, having a better
understanding of your life, or maybe a combination of both? As time
goes on the human body starts to deteriorate along with the mind. Is
there a threshold or crossover realm where one goes from being wise
to being forgetful or even their way of thinking being outdated? What
does the science prove about the relationship of age and wisdom?