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Re:The 10,000 Hour Rule for deliberate practice is wrong by haberman on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @06:09PM (#8398111)
> What are the odds of a random child to become a chess prodigy?

Probably a lot better when the child is the genetic offspring of a chess teacher.

It's also confirmation bias: we wouldn't have heard about the experiment if it had failed.

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Re:The 10,000 Hour Rule for deliberate practice is wrong by dllthomas on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @06:48PM (#8398303)
"It's also confirmation bias: we wouldn't have heard about the experiment if it had failed."

That's not what confirmation bias is. You're thinking "reporting bias" or "selection bias", I think.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporting_bias

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_bias

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Re:The 10,000 Hour Rule for deliberate practice is wrong by facepalm on Thursday October 02, 2014 @04:12AM (#8399808)
Polgar wasn't a chess teacher before. He pickled chess for the experiment because it is easy to measure and then focused on teaching it.
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