Re:What You Believe Affects What You Achieve
by djhn on Thursday December 17, 2015 @07:50AM
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> This is a common strategy to gaining skill in- well, anything- but especially in games.
Great analogy, because in games this seems obvious. Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes (predominantly) from bad judgement.
> But then again, to always lose no matter what, is about as likely as being Bill Gates.
This sounds very inspiring, but assessing whether that's really true is also difficult. You are assuming that skewness and kurtosis in the marginal distribution of success (with respect to innate ability, effort, and all other factors except "luck") are minimal.
Great analogy, because in games this seems obvious. Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes (predominantly) from bad judgement.
> But then again, to always lose no matter what, is about as likely as being Bill Gates.
This sounds very inspiring, but assessing whether that's really true is also difficult. You are assuming that skewness and kurtosis in the marginal distribution of success (with respect to innate ability, effort, and all other factors except "luck") are minimal.