No one ever asserted that 10,000 hours of any kind of practice was guaranteed to make one an expert. Gladwell used it as a minimum and he did make the distincti

No one ever asserted that 10,000 hours of any kind of practice was guaranteed to make one an expert. Gladwell used it as a minimum and he did make the distinction between the kind of practice budding experts did vs. meaningless repetition, as does Ericsson. You can find a copy of Ericsson's response to the latest study at http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson/2014%20Ericsson%20reply%20to%20criticisms%20in%20INTELLIGENCE%20posted.pdf http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson/2014%20Ericsson%20re...