totally agreed. though I hope you meant that in a completely non-sarcastic way. :-) (because I know there's a vein here on HN that believes every positional claim must be backed by some scientific paper.)

there are many negative things to getting older. but one good thing is you accumulate a larger set of direct RL observations and experiences, out of which you can see certain patterns, some good, some bad, and certain correlations. Treating these correlations as black-or-white indicators can potentially be bad if it closes you off to opportunities. But it can also close you off to bad experiences. You might lose on the small/near-term but you win more in the aggregate and in the long run, playing the odds to your benefit.

>totally agreed. though I hope you meant that in a completely non-sarcastic way. :-) (because I know there's a vein here on HN that believes every positional claim must be backed by some scientific paper.)

I was being serious, and it might humor you a bit when I tell you there are numerous "scientific papers" that back the effectiveness of heuristics (google heuristics case study to find some).