An old man telling an old story
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Talking about the past is not in itself harmful.
It is often useful to bring up strongly related past story B in response to current topic A
The problem is that they come up with a weak related C
The old man has not observed A closely enough recently to recognize that A and C are far apart due to the low resolution of the horizontal axis.
[See figure under Cognitive Resolution.
He has a low cognitive resolution, so he can't recognize that he's saying the wrong thing C.
He thinks he's doing B.
People with high cognitive resolution neglect it because they feel that "C is a story that has nothing to do with A".
The old man is angry at this, saying that "B is beneficial, but he doesn't understand it and neglects it.
He's angry that "old things have value, but young people don't understand that."
This is the problem with the old man not being able to distinguish between B and C.
Other problems are also likely to occur
Saying the same thing over and over again
Assume you don't know something the listener already knows and explain it.
This is not unique to the elderly, although it tends to occur in the elderly.
People who don't feel their words have been received repeat the same thing.
People who keep insisting on the same thing at meetings.
The hand used to deal with the situation is to take it once and write "let's discuss it later" on the whiteboard #ParkingLot Assume ignorance and give explanations to women mansplaining. ---
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