aprilthird2021 9 hours ago

> It is a little absurd that we expect an 18 year old to navigate the world with the same competence as a 40 year old.

I don't think it is. 18 year olds are smarter than most people give them credit for. They probably know math better than most 40 year olds just given their adjacency to math practice in school.

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jl6 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Knowing math specifically and intelligence generally are orthogonal to the skill of wise decision making.

Some of the smartest people I’ve ever known at any age have been among the worst at “life skills”.

	▲	aprilthird2021 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Life skills and wise decision making are very hard to judge and most people will disagree on them though. I don't think 18 year olds make all the worst life choices and 40 year olds make far better ones, but I also can't really prove my statement, nor could you prove a counterfactual statement. It's hard to prove what life skills are valuable and who is good at them. Math is at least important in many life skills most would consider important imo. Like budgeting, financial planning, retirement planning, investing, etc.