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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (408910)	8/21/2008 7:48:14 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574480

Ted, > Wisdom has little to do with age. I have seen a kid at 10 who was very wise. I have seen people like Bush, a man much older, who is not very wise. IMO wisdom comes from one's inner being and its development. That usually does require some time but with the ten year old I mentioned, time was compressed. "Wisdom" from a 10-year-old usually comes from a parent, a teacher, or some other elder. Sorry dude, but this kid had had 10 years of MS....he was dying. He had already written two books of poetry that had been published. He was celebrated in Congress. He died last year at the ripe old age of 12 or 13. As they say, he was wise beyond his years. You don't see CJ's wisdom because you're not comfortable with his sense of fairness. Fairness? Are you kidding me? CJ is just as partisan as anyone else. What you call partisan is rather a complaint against what you and your cohort stand for and the damage you've done to this country.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (408910)	8/21/2008 8:00:38 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1574480

>> "Wisdom" from a 10-year-old usually comes from a parent, a teacher, or some other elder. I remember the kid he is talking about and it was a very special child, no doubt. I'm not sure "wisdom" is the proper term, in that it (by some definitions) implies knowledge gained through years, and obviously, there weren't that many years involved. Some use the term to suggest simply "insight" and I guess in that context it would apply. Usually, the term implies learning "through the ages". My daughter works with autistic children, some of whom are savants of one kind or another. While they have special abilities, you wouldn't call it "wisdom" or even "intelligence". It is just an unusual gift that is there. I tend to think that's what ted is calling "wisdom".