439 – The Tyranny of Talent, Joe Baker
The Perception & Action Podcast
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Talent vs. Learning Capacity
- The ability to commit to deliberate practice, rather than inherent talent, might be a key differentiator in skill development.
- Differentiating people based on their learning capacity approaches the conventional understanding of talent.
- The concept of 'motor edgic ability' suggests some individuals learn physical tasks more easily, but this has been difficult to measure.
- Conceptually, talent and its underlying principles seem logical, but the challenge lies in their empirical measurement and falsifiability.
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