links for 2008-11-19

Probably not.

"One of the main claims of Outliers is that putting in 10,000 hours of practice is a prerequisite for great achievement. I believe this is the wrong way of thinking about the relationship between achievement and the 10,000 hour rule. A clue to a better way comes from some examples which to some extent disprove the claim."

"If you want to fix the peer review process there's then two easy things to do..."

Why Mike, unlike much of his demographic cohort, doesn't vote for Republicans