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[quote]In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

Thanks to the all for their replies.

Exceptions seem to be there but in general as the age advances we gets more experienced by not getting our neurons increased in number or the size. It is emphasised on the experience of life which increases with the time i.e. we have more observations, face more problems and solve them. If one could not solve the problems, at least did learned how to do and can guide others in a better way. This is a general consideration.

I have used the words observations, facing the problems and solving them. If we consider them on the special aspect; those who have experience of some field, are considered as more intelligent than others regardless of their age but not more than the seniors of the same field.

Does anyone know; books are written on the basis of observations, facing the problems and solving them? I am not saying about those books, which are written by copying the various references from the other books BUT the original ones whose authors are considered as the institution of their experiences.

On the other hand inspite being experienced with life as the age advances; we decline subsequently in the sharpness of mind and memory storage etc and ultimately may develop senile dementia in later parts of our lives. This is nothing but the normal physiological ageing process. The ageing process is not an adynamic process; one who is young today surely has to become old tomorrow and pass through all the events of life.

The practical proof of decreased sharpness of mind and increased forgetfulness as the age advances is that it is difficult for an adult to learn by heart, word by word, for example whole Holy Quran while a child less than five or ten years does it very well. It is because brain of the child may be for example like the hard disc of a computer having much free space which is decreased progressively and moreover due to degeneration of some of the neurons, as the age advances.

So with the advancing age we may maintain the sharpness of mind like a child if we learn to delete the surplus or unwanted memories stored in our minds but this process is not easy one and those who are bestowed upon by God this property becomes scholars, scientists and other famous personalities. These people do not eat the foods rich in brain tonics but most of them eat very simple diet or even once a day.  They protect their brains from the exogenous and endogenous stimuli, which halt the process of their mental abilities.

Our religion also guides us to delete the surplus memories stored in our brains. Study the lives of companions (Ra) of the Holy prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him). In spite of having very simple diet (dates, barely etc), their intelligence, memories, concentration, and decisions making were excellent. Combination of intelligence, memories, concentration, and decisions making is called intellectual functions, higher mental functions or the cognitive functions.

Furthermore, intelligence in general has the different components and are not all same in all the individuals. Five special senses; Touch, Taste, Smell, Vision and Hearing are the tools, which help to formulate the intelligence. Does anyone know; some components in some animals are even stronger than humans while they loose in the other ones balancing the aggregate? Similarly if someone looses marks in one subject may over-compensate in the other ones, etc. So the possibility of under-estimation or over-estimation can’t be excluded if we assess merely on the basis of isolated individual criterion and that even we do not know.

I do not know explanation of the verse 46: 15, God knows better but the EXPERIENCE OF LIFE, in general, I think, may be the possible explanation, which HAS NO ALTERNATE.[/quote]

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