Somewhat of a relief, I suppose, to learn it's a condition resulting from
natural processes, which I guess means I'm not a carrier. But what the hell
does he mean about embarassment? I don't get that. And who are you calling an
opinionated old fart? I should give you a piece of my mind!
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Just listening to one Associate Professor or Psychology Bill van
> Hippel of the University of New South Wales - he's been researching
> the causes of mature onset frankness. It's caused, apparently by the
> slight atrophy of the pre-frontal lobes in age leading to decreased
> inhibition (reduced tact) in the elderly without affecting
> intelligence. He is interested in the embarassment factor of over
> 65's but an argument could be made I'm sure for early onset 'I don't
> give a shit what anyone thinks' curmudgeonness.
> Hey, now we can form a self-help group and seek government funding!
> Not that I'd want to join a group full of opinionated old farts.
> AndrewF
>
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