Re:82-Year-Old Japanese Woman Finds Success in Coding
by narrator on Monday May 21, 2018 @03:45PM
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I wonder how much attitude is controlled by brain elasticity? Seriously, most non molecular biological explanations with regards to brain function are just tautologies. Your brain doesn't work because you don't try hard enough. You can't try hard enough because your brain doesn't work. This is the subject matter of thousands of clickbait articles.
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Re:82-Year-Old Japanese Woman Finds Success in Coding
by bazooka_penguin on Monday May 21, 2018 @05:06PM
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Fair point but I think people generally intuitively separate learning ability or speed and willingness to learn. I've met my share of determined idiots and passive geniuses, given mostly when I was in school. To me it seems like, while they're probably related, brain elasticity and openness aren't inextricably linked, such that one is directly responsible for the other