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Re:Is Talent Underrated? Making Sense of a Recent Attack on ... by gammarator on Friday December 02, 2011 @02:17PM (#3305257)
If you don't practice, it doesn't matter how much talent you have. Not only won't you be the best, you won't even be good.

At least in the context of this study, amount of practice is the dominant term.

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Re:Is Talent Underrated? Making Sense of a Recent Attack on ... by matwood on Friday December 02, 2011 @02:50PM (#3305396)
If you don't practice, it doesn't matter how much talent you have.

Exactly, greats don't just show up great. Carmack is considered great in the field of graphics programming, and if the Masters of Doom book is correct he is a mix of tons of talent and lots of practice.

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