That's a great point. And that explains some really crappy things happening around the world. Senior officials and "experts" running the show in many places, getting terrible results, but always appealing to their age, experience, or degrees (usually a combination of all) as badges of honor that gives them the authority to keep screwing up.

In rural towns the wisdom of our elders is usually the result of try and error, especially when it comes to survival and the wild. Sometimes, the experience comes from observation; sometimes it is first-hand. In either case, youth's curiosity Will usually find ways to challenge the elders . I guess it is a natural process.