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The problem is that isn't not just 10,000 hours. It's 10,000 hours of "mindful practice". That amounts to a huge, ill defined, fudge factor that allows you to
by wmil 15y ago
The problem is that isn't not just 10,000 hours. It's 10,000 hours of "mindful practice".
That amounts to a huge, ill defined, fudge factor that allows you to discount any counter examples.
So it's not clear that 10,000 hours is a falsifiable statement.
- kenjackson 15y agoSo it's not clear that 10,000 hours is a falsifiable statement. It not as tightly defined as we'd like, but I think it's still fairly close to falsifiable. For example, I think the Dan Plan is a good experiment. He has a pro golf coach and clearly is doing deliberate practice. It's only one data point, but I think if we get several people like Dan who tend to fall on one side or the other then I think we have strengtened or weakened the theory significantly.