Well, the precise frustration people have with Gladwell (and his fans) is precisely this attitude. A very relaxed attitude towards rigorous evidence. I stopped

Well, the precise frustration people have with Gladwell (and his fans) is precisely this attitude. A very relaxed attitude towards rigorous evidence. I stopped paying a single bit of attention to him after the 10k hours claims, it was just mountains and mountains of poor or misleading evidence. Believe in what he writes if you will, but I'm fairly certain that barely anything he writes is actually actionable.