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Cognition certainly declines with age at the population level. See e.g. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4906299/.

yes but he's 30 not 90, and knowledge and experience continues to accumulate through life, which can certainly compensate

The decline starts in your early thirties, and those who are pushing their cognition to its limit are the first to notice.