07-03-2009, 05:49 PM
Hi,
You are making the common error that, somehow, results depend on effort. Yes, effort does enter the equation; but talent, ability, experience, training, all have equal or greater importance. And, sometimes, it's just sheer luck (ask Alexander Fleming).
Also, experience is not the same as time spent in a field. In many cases, what was said to the job applicant applies; "You don't have twenty years of experience; you have one year of experience, twenty times."
--Pete
Quote:Who said anything about genius? On the other hand, assuming that people who've spent years studying something know more about it than people who haven't seems like a good place to start.Hmm? So, I guess Einstein was incompetent to weigh in on the question of reference frames. After all, in 1905, he'd spent less years alive (26) than others had spent contemplating the problem (41).
You are making the common error that, somehow, results depend on effort. Yes, effort does enter the equation; but talent, ability, experience, training, all have equal or greater importance. And, sometimes, it's just sheer luck (ask Alexander Fleming).
Also, experience is not the same as time spent in a field. In many cases, what was said to the job applicant applies; "You don't have twenty years of experience; you have one year of experience, twenty times."
--Pete
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