The 10,000 Hour Rule for deliberate practice is wrong

Re:The 10,000 Hour Rule for deliberate practice is wrong by haberman on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @06:18PM (#8398159)

> As a rule of thumb, enough practice will probably make you awesome at something, yes. But you have to make those hours count. There needs to be PROGRESS.

This whole argument is like a weird combination of confirmation bias and "no true Scotsman."

Confirmation bias because yes, everyone who is good put in the time.

But "no true Scotsman" because if someone doesn't get good, you can just say they weren't practicing right.

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Re:The 10,000 Hour Rule for deliberate practice is wrong by ScottBurson on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @06:33PM (#8398230)

I agree with your point about talent, but I disagree here. It's actually known, in many cases, which kinds of practice are most effective.

So if you want to learn something, it helps to find someone who is good at teaching it at the level you want to reach.

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Re:The 10,000 Hour Rule for deliberate practice is wrong by haberman on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @06:37PM (#8398247)

> It's actually known, in many cases, which kinds of practice are most effective.

I certainly agree with that.

But that is not enough to say that anyone who engages in the right kind of practice will get better. My point is just that it's an easy out to say "oh the 10k rule didn't apply here because they weren't practicing right." For that to be an appropriate response, you would need to actually show that the person was capable of that kind of practice in that area but wasn't doing it.

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