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The original study doesn't say that there aren't people who are better than others at a task. It says that 10,000 hours of deliberate practice made one an expe
by kenjackson 12y ago
The original study doesn't say that there aren't people who are better than others at a task. It says that 10,000 hours of deliberate practice made one an expert. I have no doubt Bezos would become an expert in physics with 10,000 hours of study.
But there are people with gifts and the 10k hours. Those are the Newtons and Feynmans.
- nerfhammer 12y agoThe original study claimed that factors other than practice were ultimately not significant, and this study appears to contradict that.
- kenjackson 12y agoThis study is measuring something else. 10,000 hours to expertise is not the same thing as measuring the contribution of practice.
- nerfhammer 12y agoThe original study was about practice and not just the 10,000 hours claim