Notwithstanding the fact that &quot;age is unrelated to wisdom&quot; was a gentle contextual device used to dismiss the commenter&#x27;s odd assumption about my age, a search for &quot;age is unrelated to wisdom&quot; turns up actual research papers.<p>&quot;neither general nor personal wisdom have a positive linear relationship to age... age is not only not related to personal wisdom (as is the case for general wisdom) but even negatively related...&quot;<p>[Mickler &amp; Staudinger (2008), Sneed &amp; Whitbourne (2003)]<p>Source: The Scientific Study of Personal Wisdom: From Contemplative Traditions to Neuroscience<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Scientific-Study-Personal-Wisdom-Contemplative-ebook&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B00HRNLC5U" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Scientific-Study-Personal-Wisdom-Conte...</a>