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Re:Ten Percent of the Brain Myth by 0xbadcafebee on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @11:51AM (#32084391)
You can become an expert in cooking a hot dog without 10,000 hours of practice.
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Re:Ten Percent of the Brain Myth by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @12:27PM (#32084924)
Has anyone ever recognize "expert" skill in hot dog cooking? Cooking, certainly, but hot dog cooking?
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Re:Ten Percent of the Brain Myth by 0xbadcafebee on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @02:24PM (#32086783)
What does it even mean to be an expert? What are we allowed or not allowed to be an expert in? Who's the judge that sets what fields you can be an expert in? Is there a range of expertise? Do I have to be in the top 10% of people in a field? The top 2%?

The whole idea of being an expert is an arbitrary social designation backed up by hogwash. We think we know what it means but it's really just hand-waving.

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