On: How Geniuses Think

[harscoat]

cf. Talent is overrated Geof Colvin, 2008 & "Deliberate Practice" in the making of an expert, Harvard Business Review, K Anders Ericsson, 2008 http://www.coachingmanagement.nl/The%20Making%20of%20an%20Ex...

[mattmanser → harscoat]

And hard work oversold.

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Thank you. I've been quite sceptical of 10000 hours of Deliberate Practice, etc; esp. after seeing Tiger Woods play golf at the age of two : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxPmzIKBris

It's been a long standing tradition to oversell the power of hard work. I believe the word for it is "hopium".

[mattmanser → _debug_]

hopium, I like it!

[tehayj → harscoat]

Never forget the lazy genius that simply doesn't feel like sharing his wealth of insight with noobs.