Old people refuse to learn computer?

Question

Yes, they refuse to get on to the net. Why so?

Answer 1

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When this generation of humans refers to old people, we are talking about people from the age of 55+ in my opinion. 30 years ago, when some of those "Old People" were in their early 20's and 30's, computers wern't even around. They were just a dream. When computers did start arising, very late 70's, early 80's, these people said things like "This will never catch on" or "Im not wasting my time to learn a FAD when the world will never go electronic."

Then when the internet came up, heh, I actually knew someone who said "The Internet? That will never catch on." And look at us now. Blogging and myspacing. Listening to music and emailing video. These "Old People" never thought that this kind of thing would ever be possible, so they never learned. They were adverse to the change that was inevitable. They thought that if they ignored it, it would go away. Their being stubborn. Some of them are even afraid to learn. The computer industry causes them anxiety because their whole way of life, (i.e. communication) has changed from speakin on the phone and sending nice hand written letters through the mail to typing on a keyboard and pressin the send button.

But like all sterotypes, this one does not apply to all old people. Many older people are very intellegent (In no way am i saying that people who dont use the computer arn't intellegent) and have picked up on the computer and internet very quickly, and love it. They enjoy playing scrabble, speaking to other older people, etc.

I hate to say this, but our generation will be this way some day. Afraid of something. Perhaps with something like Genitics. Our grand children will ask us why we won't allow the doctors to grow us a new heart so we'll live longer, or something else.

Answer 2

Not all refuse my mom hopped right on (68) it took her awhile to learn but it did all of us. At first she thought it would be too hard to learn but she says now she is glad she was open to it.

Answer 3

Many are scared to try new things. just try giving an old person some ecstacy!

Answer 4

Well,I think that it's 1:They constantly hear about problems with it,and 2:The lived so long with out it,that they figure that they don't need it.

Answer 5

Patience is the one key thing. Older adults dont want to learn things like this because its something there not used to.

Answer 6

The older you get, the harder it is to learn new things. This is not to say that all older people will not be able to learn new things, but it does get harder.

Young people are better at liquid intellegence, abstract thought. Older people are better at crystalized intelligence, sorting what is known and coming up with wise, reasoned thoughts.

There is going to be something for everyone to be too old to want to learn. It's just inevitble.