The Graph of Wisdom

As I approach my (oh I cant even bring my self to say it) nth b'day I cant help but wonder if I've become any wiser.

I look at my cousin sister who's 3 years younger than me, and even though I try not to, I keep critically scrutinizing her every action, making a mental note of what she's not doing right!

I know how much I would have hated it if someone did that to me.. Coz at age "n" (I will not let my age out! very careful about that) I believe that I am wise enough to know right from wrong, make my own decisions, and not be judged. And I am sure she believes the same at "n-3".

But there must be someone out there at "n+3" who if given a chance, would easily identify faults in my actions, thought process..

 

Is there an age when you attain a basic level of wisdom when you can rise above this scrutiny by people older than you? There has to be a time when just age does not allow others to claim they are wiser than you..

 

Is the inflection point the state when people are so old that they start going senile (no disrespect to the elders here)? or is it before that?

Would a 43 year old be wiser than a 40 year old? (assuming all other conditions are similar)

Is it that people do keep getting wiser as they grow older, if nothing else, purely due to the extra experience?

Is it that people just learn to not offer advice/ correct others because as you get older you get more and more closed to learning?

--> Which would then act against the idea that you keep getting wiser with age..

--> so there has to be an inflection point when the wisdom vs time curve become a straight line or start going down for some poor souls!

 

That brings me back to where I started from... when do I know that I've reached that inflection point?

What a shame if I am not getting any wiser! That was the only saving grace!!

 

If I have to get dumber or stagnate from here on then why couldn't I have been 16 (or some other nice age) all my life?