i skipped to the china part (cuz thats all i was really interested in) and jesus... by the end of that 2 minute section he is about a breath away from either falling asleep or just dying on camera. he is remarkably coherent for 94, though.
i skipped to the china part (cuz thats all i was really interested in) and jesus... by the end of that 2 minute section he is about a breath away from either falling asleep or just dying on camera. he is remarkably coherent for 94, though.
I knew a few mathematicians in their 80s and 90s who were still sharp. It's such a surreal thing to have a semi-technical conversation with someone that old that still has the mental capacity to do it. They still have speech patterns similar of someone that age, and it takes them a bit to get it out, but it's just very clear they still have a deep understanding of the topic. It made me wonder whether we assume older people are less coherent than they are due to their speech patterns, and unlike an academic them not having specific knowledge of a field to show off their mental acuity.