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> What happened to the 10,000 hour rule and all that saying that there are no real instant successes? Just because some moron creates a heuristic that crudely
by eshvk 13y ago
> What happened to the 10,000 hour rule and all that saying that there are no real instant successes?
Just because some moron creates a heuristic that crudely models reality doesn't mean that nature has to follow that heuristic.
- w1ntermute 13y agoGladwell is certainly a polarizing figure, but in no way does he deserve the epithet "moron".
- eshvk 13y agoGladwell writes very well; the content involves carefully layering anecdotal evidence, oversimplification and over-generalisation of scientific theory (that is already brittle) -- bad science. I stand by the epithet.