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Why is Grit pseudoscience? I haven't read it.
by xanderlewis 5mo ago
Why is Grit pseudoscience? I haven't read it.
- philips 5mo agoThere are a number of studies that show that Grit is either not a thing or there are better measures of success. It has been a long time since I have thought about it so I don't remember which papers in particular. Also, it can be argued the author was either playing fast and loose or knowingly misleading readers with her statistics: https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/05/25/479172868/angela-duckworth-responds-to-a-new-critique-of-grit https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/05/25/479172868/angela-... If you like Podcasts the "If Books Could Kill" Podcast goes into some of this story again too.