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Innovators Are Older Than Ever
GrokSoup writes "A new study shows that great achievements in science are produced by older innovators today than they were a century ago. Using data on Nobel Prize winners and great inventors, the author shows that the age at which noted innovations are produced has increased by approximately 6 years over the 20th Century. This runs contrary to accepted wisdom in science, which says that most scientists peak in their 20s. It is also welcome news to those of us who have not yet, ahem, done our Nobel-winning work."
look at the professor in futurama...
6 years... WOOOHOOOO!
The South will rise again, when the North bombs it with yeast.
It's because people are getting married later than before.
"It's time to leave science to the 150-year-olds!"
I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
Author & Researcher of article "Innovators are Older Than Ever" turns 60.
haha it does too
:) or maybe I am living proof of my point that learning a skill once may filter through for the rest of your life! even if it feels useless at the time
well, everyone lucks out sometime
reminds me of a girl I met the other day in a clothing store who, when forced to manually write out a receipt, mumbles (loudly) to herself: "oh no, how do you work out the total?!" - even pretty dumb things should be force fed maths!