There’s a fascinating article over at Scientific American that runs through the evidence supporting the idea that intensive training and education (e.g., knowledge) can be just as good, if not better, than innate talent.
Using chess as the main example, the author Philip E. Ross, …
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On the face of it, this seems kind of a “duh!” moment … ? People become experts in their field via education and work experience in that field. You aren’t born an expert chemist, for example — you choose to become one. You may be born with the propensity to become an expert chemist, but if that tendency isn’t indulged, then the talent will not appear.
It seems obvious but many people like to think
that innate skills explain why some people
are successful and others are not. If you
aren’t born with the skill then maybe you
aren’t responsible for your lack of success.
You have to learn good skills to develop any
abilties. In school lots of teens don’t
develop good study skills. One place for
help is http://www.slssystem.com
It has books for teens – jr high, high
school and home school students – showing
them how to handle academic subjects – how
to study and learn better. Good methods
help us build skills better.