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> Are there any real-world examples that we can point at of people who actually did spend 10,000 hours at something and did not become superb at it? This is co
by haberman 12y ago
> Are there any real-world examples that we can point at of people who actually did spend 10,000 hours at something and did not become superb at it?
This is confirmation bias. If people plateau in their skill at 1k hours and then stop such serious pursuit, the burden of proof is on you to say that their gains would have resumed as they approached 10k hours.
I observe as a musician that most people plateau at some point.
- JeremyReimer 12y ago> This is confirmation bias. If people plateau in their skill at 1k hours and then stop such serious pursuit, the burden of proof is on you to say that their gains would have resumed as they approached 10k hours. Surely, though, out of all the people who reached 1k hours and thought about quitting, there would be some who decided to plod through and keep practicing? These people, as few in number as they might be, would eventually hit 10,000 hours of practice. Why hasn't anyone found them and interviewed them? In any pursuit, people will plateau all the time. It's the nature of practice. You have to push through the plateau in order to get to the next level. Some people decide that it's not worth it, so they stop. Are you saying that every single one of these people wasn't genetically talented enough to continue?