"We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because
we stop playing"
- a quick search on google finds this being attributed to Benjamin
Franklin, George Bernard Shaw, Thomas Jefferson, Babe Ruth, Oliver
Wendell Holmes and Anon.
on the side of a christmas present, two remote-controlled sumo wrestlers.
This was the #1 photo by Flickr - Interesting on the date December 29th 2005.
hopenharmony, dog 'n' bonio, Ti.mo, and 112 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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Boback 91 months ago | reply
Hmm, not something for the safe, that's for sure.
-voted as "deleteme10" (from the Delete me! group)
duncan 91 months ago | reply
kaboom
duncan 91 months ago | reply
as promised:
Saskya 91 months ago | reply
Oh how true a statement!
peacetedford 91 months ago | reply
I agree..how true..a reminder for us all to continue to play, use our imagination and create
Well done
William Leung 91 months ago | reply
A motto
mimbrava 91 months ago | reply
Thanks for adding this to the Interestingness pool.
Pay No Mind 91 months ago | reply
This is interesting? What a crazy system.
pappalicious [deleted] 91 months ago | reply
so it's not interesting 'cause it's got something to say? or 'cause it was on the side of a box?
jurvetson 91 months ago | reply
I am a big believer in the value of play...
At the age of 2 to 3 years old, humans hit their peak with 10x the synapses and 2x the energy burn of an adult brain.
And it’s all downhill from there. This UCSF Memory and Aging Center research shows that the pace of cognitive decline is the same in the 40’s as in the 80’s. We just notice more accumulated decline as we get older, especially when we cross the threshold of forgetting most of what we try to remember.
But we can affect this progression. Prof. Merzenich at UCSF has also found that neural plasticity does not disappear in adults. It just requires mental exercise. Use it or lose it. We have to get out of the mental ruts that career tracks and academic “disciplines” can foster.
The suggestion: Embrace lifelong learning. Do something new. Physical exercise is repetitive; mental exercise is eclectic.
That was a selection from my blog post, Celebrate the Child-Like Mind.
More on this common theme among great Scientists
duncan 91 months ago | reply
thank you for your interesting post
nzag 50 months ago | reply
Damn straight
rogue0703 50 months ago | reply
So true!
sufined 49 months ago | reply
nice
Roberto Ceniceros 49 months ago | reply
damn! this add is right!
baltic_86 (mostly off) 47 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called World Class Image (Post 1, Award 2), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
agreed!!! :-))
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Mike van Raaij (will be back soon) 47 months ago | reply
I strongly agree with this.
Thats why you get this award.
(I like it if you pay a visit to my stream)
I am sure…
This is a World Class Image.
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Congrats!!! The world hugs your photo !!!
Hammer Zanini Romulo 36 months ago | reply
Yes, yes!!!
Congratulations for you!
Kisses
Romulo Zanini Hammer
Adrian Wallett 27 months ago | reply
This is cool - please dont stop playing!
muffett68 ☺☺ 25 months ago | reply
amen :)