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Probably not.
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"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."
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"If you want to fix the peer review process there's then two easy things to do..."
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Why Mike, unlike much of his demographic cohort, doesn't vote for Republicans
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