[Stu]

I don't buy that one bit. Intelligence is not directly linked to age. Life is more complex than that. Some people stay in front of the telly collecting welfare cheques for all eternity, some don't absorb knowledge, some do but never capatalise on it, some people just seem to get thicker as they go along, some people start out fine and become born again at the age of 42.

You can't just say older instantly = wiser.

Taking your logic a 42 year old will always be smarter and in a better position to make judgements than a 22 year old.