"The truth is, while intelligence isn't knowledge, it can be rapidly converted into it." Don't you know that it just takes 10,000 hours of practice to become a

"The truth is, while intelligence isn't knowledge, it can be rapidly converted into it." Don't you know that it just takes 10,000 hours of practice to become a master of anything: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/opinion/01brooks.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/opinion/01brooks.html?_r=1 ? David Brooks has been trotting this theme out for years now.