tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post9204583245421064075..comments2023-10-26T17:15:40.259+05:30Comments on Clipboard Conversations: Go on - surprise meJ Ramanandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700969855424872769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-2566490214005339912009-06-09T01:58:15.785+05:302009-06-09T01:58:15.785+05:30Generally, it is observed that the capacity to lea...Generally, it is observed that the capacity to learn diminishes with age. The important question is that do people not feel the need to build on what they know, or does the 'hardware' actually fail, or and cannot rewire that easily once you get older.<br /><br />In daily life and jobs that people do: apart from the occasional surprising event, everything is pretty much the same 99% of the time, causing a decreased incentive to learn something new.<br /><br />The human brain is remarkably adaptive, and I have seen many instances of people who keep this curiosity and love learning alive.<br /><br />I am pretty certain that if experience professionals had to give tests or exams every 10 years or so, we would see less of old-fogeyismhirakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13092831514643850562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-8503499132697180052009-06-06T08:09:45.601+05:302009-06-06T08:09:45.601+05:30Anitha: yes, am from COEP - I do remember you, you...Anitha: yes, am from COEP - I do remember you, you were in Shraddha M & Anup M's class. It must have been orkut, but a few years ago!<br /><br />D: Extra credits, certainly. <br /><br />S: I'll leave that to the experts!J Ramanandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03700969855424872769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-83292727289071274472009-06-06T05:27:42.757+05:302009-06-06T05:27:42.757+05:30Isnt this service for calibrated doses of surprise...Isnt this service for calibrated doses of surprises called marriage?Shriniwashttp://googlespeak.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-46270372678543582072009-06-06T00:47:58.059+05:302009-06-06T00:47:58.059+05:30Yes, quite correct. In fact, nowadays I keep wond...Yes, quite correct. In fact, nowadays I keep wondering what, in all possibility, I do better than a good not-so-fresh-relatively-out-of-collegian. And I have interacted with couple during the course of work recently. This naturally leads to the conclusion that one needs to constantly keep innovating, even if in supposedly mundane office work. Got to take some extra credits :-(daemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05198264960822326579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523224.post-45816338226300705802009-06-05T22:19:01.618+05:302009-06-05T22:19:01.618+05:30I suppose as we grow older we begin to 'reason...I suppose as we grow older we begin to 'reason' more and hence try to force-fit almost everything we come across into the realms of what we already know... <br /><br />Btw ... Were you at COEP? I was a year junior to you, but was in COEP only for a year, and then moved out .. Krishnan's the last name.. <br /><br />I have a feeling of deja vu ... Looks like I got in touch with you recently elsewhere on the web. Can't recall when or where... Orkut, perhaps? :) <br /><br />Blogrolling you ... 7 years of blogging is astounding! :)The Dingbathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18175998525739989653noreply@blogger.com