STUDY: Youth Isn't Everything

IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDST OF A MIDLIFE, OR QUARTER LIFE CRISIS,
I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU: IT TURNS OUT THAT YOUTH IS NOT
ALL THAT IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE.
BUSINESS INSIDER COMPILED A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT STUDIES
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT AGE YOU PIQUE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.
FOR SOME THINGS, LIKE LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE, PEAKS AT AGE 7,
OR BRAIN PROCESSING POWER, AGE 18, YOUTH IS ON YOUR SIDE,
BUT ONCE YOU GET OLDER SOME GOOD THINGS DO COME.
ONE OF THEM IS THAT WOMEN ARE MOST ATTRACTED TO MEN AT ABOUT
23.
NO!
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S RIDICULOUS!
AND MEN'S ATTRACTIVENESS TO WOMEN SEEMS TO GET BETTER
WITH AGE.
WE'VE NEVER SEEN THAT IN HOLLYWOOD OR MEDIA OR
ANYTHING, IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND.
THAT IS OPTIMISTIC, THIS STUDY.
WHERE DOES IT GET BETTER?
SO, LIFE SATISFACTION FIRST PEAKS AT 23, BUT IT WILL PEAK
AGAIN, DON'T WORRY.
THE PEAK AGE TO SETTLE DOWN IS 26.
WHAT?!
WHICH IS VERY DEPRESSING.
NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME POSITIVE THINGS.
NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS MAKE THEIR DISCOVERY AT AGE 40.
WOMEN'S SALARIES PEAK AT ABOUT 39, AND MEN'S AT 48.
LIFE SATISFACTION PEAKS AGAIN AT 69.
NICE!
BECAUSE YOU ARE LIFE, NOW I CAN DO IT AND IT'S FUNNY.
I LOVE THIS ONE, MEN AND WOMEN FEEL BEST ABOUT THEIR
BODIES AT AGE 70.
A LOT OF THE MORE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING HAPPENS AT LATER ON,
BUT OBVIOUSLY LEARNING AND ATTRACTIVENESS HAPPENS EARLIER.
YOU HAVE TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOUR BODY BEFORE YOU FEEL
GOOD ABOUT YOUR MIND.
WHAT'S THE POINT OF WORKING OUT FOR THE NEXT 50
YEARS, SO THAT YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOUR BODY AT 74?
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T GO TO THE GYM EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU ARE
74?
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF ONSET ONCE AND THE PRODUCER GOES,
IS THAT YOUR BODY?
THAT HAPPENS.
ARITHMETIC SKILLS ARE BETTER WHEN YOU ARE 50, AND AT 51 YOU
ARE BETTER AT UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE'S EMOTIONS.
BUT YOU WON'T EVER BE THAT GOOD AT IT, EVER.
MAYBE ON YOUR SECOND SPOUSE BY THEN, AND YOU ARE LIKE,
I'VE GOT IT NOW.
YOUR SECOND 23-YEAR-OLD
SPOUSE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY LOOK GOOD.
THERE IS NO SURPRISE THAT LIFE SATISFACTION IS AT 69.
EASY JOKE EVERYONE.
THANK YOU BARTMAN.
I LOVE THAT IT'S LIKE I'M ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE VERY
IDENTIFIABLE.
VOCABULARY, HOW ATTRACTIVE SOMEONE IS, AND THEN IT'S LIKE,
WINNING A NOBEL PRIZE.
OH THAT THING, I'LL STILL WIN A COUPLE AT 42
BUT THEY WON'T BE AS GOOD.
I LOVE THAT BRAIN PROCESSING POWER IS AT 18,
BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHEN I STARTED DRINKING.
A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE PROBABLY INFLUENCED BY
EXTERNAL FACTORS, LIKE DRINKING.
IF YOU GUYS CAN GO TO THE FIRST GRAPHIC, ONE OF THE KEY WAYS
THAT THEY MEASURE BRAIN PROCESSING POWER IS, TESTING
YOUR
BRAIN'S PROCESSING POWER IS DONE THROUGH WHAT IS CALLED A DIGIT
SYMBOL CODING TEST.
IF THAT'S THE KEY FOR YOUR BRAIN PROCESSING POWER, THAT'S
JUST SO BIZARRE AND ABSTRACT.
I WOULD TAKE SOME OF THESE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, I'M SURE
YOU'RE DOING GREAT WHEREVER YOU ARE.
YOU KNOW WHY YOU ARE GOOD AT THAT AT 18?
BECAUSE YOU ARE A SENIOR OR A FRESHMAN AT COLLEGE, AND
WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU
ARE LIKE, I'LL TAKE THAT CHALLENGE.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE 23 YOU ARE LIKE, GO FUCK YOURSELF, I'M NOT
DOING THAT HORSESHIT.
I GET A ZERO, BUT I'M NOT DOING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S STUPID.
ASKED ME WHAT WORDS MEAN.
A LOT OF THESE ARE FROM SELF-REPORTS, SO IT'S HARD TO
KNOW THAT THEY ARE SUPER ACCURATE, SO DON'T GET UPSET OR
DON'T GET THIS ENCOURAGED EITHER.
COME BACK TO ME AT 74, THAT'S WHEN I'LL BE HAPPY WITH MY BODY.

STUDY: Youth Isn't Everything

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