You have to by over the age of 90 though.
The 90+ Study
For all that scientists have studied it, the brain remains the most complex and mysterious human organ — and, now, the focus of billions of dollars’ worth of research to penetrate its secrets.
This is the second article in a series that will look in depth at some of the insights these projects are producing
oh i wanted to have a go as well!
what day is it? I’ve wet meself. we didn’t have computers when i were a lad. who said it was sausages. you’re frightening me.
No person is the same so it will be different for everyone, when it comes to keeping a sane brain as long as possible. And yes, you will have to have the wish to keep it as sane as possible ofcourse. Some really dont mind getting out of it slowly. A problem for the people around them perhaps but not always to the person him/herself (anymore).
To me it seems terrifying .. as it also means loosing being self dependent .. that above all.
Loosing selfawareness as they use it in the article is not the same ofcourse as we all will loose it from time to time (thank god) during activities, socializing, listening, watching .. etc. And selfawareness, when we see it, in what state, is not the same for all of us either. We are always busy trying to get someone else in our type of selfawareness, whereas that will never be the other’s selfawareness.
Being nonsubmissive to other people’s selves sometimes is the only thing that will help you maintain your own sane brain, selfawareness. In one way it seems more distant, this way of communication, but it is more upclose if you see to it from your more normal self. I think this becomes very clear in life 2, when sexual hormones no longer drive you/repress/boost you.
If bridge would have been the only way to keep dementia out of my house .. than I’m doomed …. LOL! I’ve never played bridge.
And people can socialize/interact better with their own selves than other people could ever have done. Reasoning with your other self on the inside … bla bla bla …. neverending dialoques.. What if your older body can’t keep with the speed of your inner brain .. if you just can’t get your point across to other people anymore.
Dont enhance yourself too much to your automatic brain patterns .. that seems wise to me, to keep it fresh and a bit more alive. Not that easy though … all things start to be a bit like a deja vu after a certain age. So new angles then … if there are still any left that is …
I believe that Humphrey Lyttelton had the right idea:
“As we journey through life, discarding baggage along the way, we should keep an iron grip, to the very end, on the capacity for silliness. It preserves the soul from dessication.”