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Originally Posted by Undertoad
I think it goes like this
The teenager understands 20% of the world, and believes s/he understands 80%.
The adult understands 30%, and believes s/he understands 60%.
The elderly adult understands 40% and believes s/he understands 40%.
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Which gives rise to
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Originally Posted by widely misattributed but unknown
Any man who is not a socialist at age 20 has no heart.
Any man who is still a socialist at age 40 has no head.
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and
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Originally Posted by Mark Twain
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
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and
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Hire a teenager! (while he still knows everything).
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