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Barry Margolin  
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 More options Nov 6 2012, 2:02 pm
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From: Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:02:35 -0500
Local: Tues, Nov 6 2012 2:02 pm
Subject: Re: age and bridge progression
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In article <1a1fedf1-aee4-47d6-97ce-5a7ff71d6e64@googlegroups.com>,

 derek <de...@pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> On Monday, November 5, 2012 9:53:42 PM UTC-4, Barry Margolin wrote:
> > 1. It takes time.  Malcolm Gladwell claims that it takes about 10,000
> > hours to become an expert at anything.  Even if it takes only one tenth

> Well, Gladwell only popularized what had already been found in more than one
> study, but he did a good job of it.

> > of that time to become reasonably competent, that's still 300 sessions
> > of bridge. And the hours he's talking about are "deliberate practice":
> > studying, taking lessons, etc., not just casual playing.

> Not entirely.  It's 10,000 hours to internalize everything about the game, to
> the point where you make the right decisions most of the time, without
> consciously understanding how.

I presume that's the definition of "expert".

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Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA


 
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