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> That's a small difference in a single incremental component, but it represents a difference in learning rate of a whopping 35% I guess I see the glass as hal

> That's a small difference in a single incremental component, but it represents a difference in learning rate of a whopping 35% I guess I see the glass as half full, because that’s easy to overcome. If a top learner is only 30% better, an average person could study for an hour and a half instead of an hour and easily surpass them. Time management is the ultimate superpower, and it’s something you can get better at, not something you are born with.

ryanjshaw 3y ago
> an average person could study for an hour and a half instead of an hour and easily surpass them They would need to do this consistently every day for their entire school career. Also, what if it's exactly this behaviour that creates the top (book) learners to begin with? In my experience, most people just don't have any interest or motivation to sit and work hard on book learning things every single day for years on end. Some people want to do work on practical stuff, others want to spend their time on athletics, and yet others want to spend time involved in social activities say creating music or other kinds of performance art etc.
mewpmewp2 3y ago
It could also be that learning rate drops the more time you spend during the day as brain gets fatigued. And in addition what if it drops more for the same people who already had a lower speed.
Jensson 3y ago
> I guess I see the glass as half full, because that’s easy to overcome. It means that some will effectively be at grade 8 level in grade 12, that is not easy to overcome. > an average person could study for an hour and a half instead of an hour and easily surpass them That is just for homework, you won't get 50% longer schooldays. 50% more work means you have to spend many hours extra every day to learn as much as the faster kids do just by going to class. And that time is lower quality, you make much better connections when you don't strain yourself by spending all day studying.

ryanjshaw 3y ago

> an average person could study for an hour and a half instead of an hour and easily surpass them They would need to do this consistently every day for their entire school career. Also, what if it's exactly this behaviour that creates the top (book) learners to begin with? In my experience, most people just don't have any interest or motivation to sit and work hard on book learning things every single day for years on end. Some people want to do work on practical stuff, others want to spend their time on athletics, and yet others want to spend time involved in social activities say creating music or other kinds of performance art etc.

mewpmewp2 3y ago

It could also be that learning rate drops the more time you spend during the day as brain gets fatigued. And in addition what if it drops more for the same people who already had a lower speed.

Jensson 3y ago

> I guess I see the glass as half full, because that’s easy to overcome. It means that some will effectively be at grade 8 level in grade 12, that is not easy to overcome. > an average person could study for an hour and a half instead of an hour and easily surpass them That is just for homework, you won't get 50% longer schooldays. 50% more work means you have to spend many hours extra every day to learn as much as the faster kids do just by going to class. And that time is lower quality, you make much better connections when you don't strain yourself by spending all day studying.