Experience has its place but history spans over generations. Most elderly people I talk to including my pastor have never seen this country in this shape before. Possibly because our elders from the mid-1800s are no longer living.
But experience is affected by a few factors.
- Knowledge
- Intelligence
- Demographics
- Worldview
- Ideologies
- Personal situations
The chronological number we are blessed to reach just means they have an older perspective built within the perimeters above.
Each has flaws. As in one cannot obtain all knowledge, our intelligence can differ, our environment can alter our perspective, how we view the world can alter it, our beliefs can alter it, and our personal situations in life can alter it.