A Strange Reverence

One of the persistent mysteries in life is the belief that wisdom comes with age. Why should it be implicitly assumed that just because someone is old(er) that they have some intrinsic ‘worth store’ that gives them a privileged say? Surely this is reverse discrimination, discriminating against cleverness if favour of age? Just because someone is ‘mature’ doesn’t automatically make them clever – if they were stupid when they were young surely there likely as not to be stupid when they are old? Conversely , if they were clever when they were young they are likely to be clever when they are older? Age is no predictor of wisdom but I fear its deemed politically incorrect to say as much – buyt hey, whoever said I was PC?