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> What are the odds of a random child to become a chess prodigy? Probably a lot better when the child is the genetic offspring of a chess teacher. It's also c
by haberman 12y ago
> What are the odds of a random child to become a chess prodigy?
Probably a lot better when the child is the genetic offspring of a chess teacher.
It's also confirmation bias: we wouldn't have heard about the experiment if it had failed.
- dllthomas 12y ago"It's also confirmation bias: we wouldn't have heard about the experiment if it had failed." That's not what confirmation bias is. You're thinking "reporting bias" or "selection bias", I think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporting_bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporting_bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_bias
- facepalm 12y agoPolgar wasn't a chess teacher before. He pickled chess for the experiment because it is easy to measure and then focused on teaching it.