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Ofc it's still true, as long as you don't take it too literally ... Essentially it means it's gonna take a whole lot of practice and repetition for your brain

Ofc it's still true, as long as you don't take it too literally ... Essentially it means it's gonna take a whole lot of practice and repetition for your brain to build the necessary neural links and reinforce them by forming a proper amount of socalled Myelin [0] so that they fire faster, more effectively and more efficiently than ever before. And it doesn't matter what kind of skill you are talking about - be it physical or mental, eventually it boils down to the neurons in your brain. If anybody happens to be into the current Age of Empires II scene, this [1] is what 10000 hours of practice gets you there for example (the guy has been the World #1 for a good while now). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myelin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myelin [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26j2WaI-0hI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26j2WaI-0hI

eviks 3y ago
> this [1] is what 10000 hours of practice gets you there for example (the guy has been the World #1 for a good while now). This is false since it misses that tiny part called "ability", so there are plenty of people that can invest as much time and never get as good, but then I guess that's also taking it too literally. Though the solution to the latter part is not to create fake rules with such literal numbers to make an otherwise obvious point
- AdamN 3y ago
  This is very true which is why athletes with certain body types will simply never win in certain roles. With that said, I'm pretty confident that a swimmer with the wrong build could, with lots of practice, get within a small margin of a gold medal olympic swimmer that has the right build to win. Without that practice they would be laps behind.
  - oersted 3y ago
    The studies discussed in the article state that practice accounts for just 26% (violin playing) and 18% (athletic performance) of what counts for being elite. So no, the whole point is that a swimmer with the wrong build wouldn't get anywhere close to gold just with lots of practice.
  - maximus-decimus 3y ago
    If that were true, women would be "within a small margin" of beating Mike Tyson in a boxing match.

eviks 3y ago

> this [1] is what 10000 hours of practice gets you there for example (the guy has been the World #1 for a good while now). This is false since it misses that tiny part called "ability", so there are plenty of people that can invest as much time and never get as good, but then I guess that's also taking it too literally. Though the solution to the latter part is not to create fake rules with such literal numbers to make an otherwise obvious point

AdamN 3y ago
This is very true which is why athletes with certain body types will simply never win in certain roles. With that said, I'm pretty confident that a swimmer with the wrong build could, with lots of practice, get within a small margin of a gold medal olympic swimmer that has the right build to win. Without that practice they would be laps behind.
- oersted 3y ago
  The studies discussed in the article state that practice accounts for just 26% (violin playing) and 18% (athletic performance) of what counts for being elite. So no, the whole point is that a swimmer with the wrong build wouldn't get anywhere close to gold just with lots of practice.
- maximus-decimus 3y ago
  If that were true, women would be "within a small margin" of beating Mike Tyson in a boxing match.