The Expert Mind
Charles Nelson,
Explorations in Learning,
Oct 09, 2006
Interesting - and probably true - proposition: "The preponderance of psychological evidence indicates that experts are made, not born." What it takes to become an expert, according to this, is ten years of effortful study. "The article also notes that experts do not exist in abundance: Without a demonstrably immense superiority in skill over the novice, there can be no true experts, only laypeople with imposing credentials. Such, alas, are all too common."
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