The Expert Myth

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1. @lolinderDec 2024· in “Learn perfect pitch in 15 years”

   It's absolutely pseudoscience. 10k hours doing what ? And why would we expect to see an approximately equal amount of time to achieve expertise across so many different human endeavors? Veritasium has a really good video on the subject [0], with a much more compelling explanation for what it takes to develop expertise. He comes up with 4 things, but the two that stood out the most to me are that the field needs to be deterministic—the more randomness is involved the less expertise is possible—and that the learner needs consistent and accurate feedback on what they get right and wrong. Absent those factors no number of hours will do you any good. [0] this video

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2. @ZensynthiumOct 2022· in “Ask HN: 10k hours rule to master anything. Could I switch career when I am 43?”

   Derek from Veritasium had a pretty good video on becoming an expert in anything and I didn't see age as a blocking factor. I'd say go for it! Also check out the video here, it's worth a watch this video

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3. @angarg12Jul 2023· in “Learning needs to be effortful to be effective”

   Deliberate practice is a well studied phenomenon. My favourite talk in the subject is this one from Veritasium this video

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4. @ourmandaveOct 2022· in “Ask HN: 10k hours rule to master anything. Could I switch career when I am 43?”

   The youtuber Veritasium recently did a video on the 10,000 hour expert. Summary: you need 4 things to become an expert. From comment with timestamps: 5:00 Repeated attempts with feedback. 6:47 Valid environment. 11:23 Timely feedback. 13:50 Don't get to comfortable. Video link: this video Comment link: this video

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5. @somenameformeMar 2023· in “How to Start a Rocket Engine”

   I'd also add this standard. Another amazing YouTuber is Veritasium. He went from [1] to [2]. The production quality is more than slightly improved, but the "spirit" remains identical. And I think that spirit is what drives success or failure. The production quality is just icing. [1] - [LINK] [2] - this video

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