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by mellosouls 792 days ago
Eg. Maths, physics, poetry. All dominated by the young, as pop music.

Note that I'm talking about creative brilliance - ie the outlier contributors that define or excel in the forms - not workmanlike producers of commercial trustworthiness as in your example (though I would assume that generally the same trend holds).

I said "some" because I'm aware that some fields (eg literature) do not follow the clear example in those.