Originally Posted by
Hoosier Daddy
Oh, I get your point. It's known as faulty generalization. You were suggesting that, because Meemaw has cognitive decline, all older people have cognitive decline. It's a weak argument.
The truth is that some pilots could do this job perfectly well into their 70s and 80s. Just as some shouldn't be doing it in their 40s or 50s. Nobody has come up with a valid way of measuring that yet.
It’s funny that you assume somebody in their 70’s must be my “meemaw”.
However, saying that people over the age of 60 having decline is a “faulty generalization” is inaccurate.
Some just move quicker than others. Otherwise we would have chess champions that old. Imagine all the experience they have.
As you age, physical strength and mental functions decline along with increase chances of illness across the board.
That’s true regardless of how many people you know that do the NYC crossword in pen.