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25 Apr 08
Originally posted by eatmybishopIt can often be the case that by finding deeper meaning in the said area, be it remembering something, etc, can help a lot, for linking it with other subjects, be it just subtle, superficial links, or major connections, like evolution to biology, can help you get a firmer mental or physical grasp in understanding, and becoming good, at something.
does it all come down to repetition?
26 Apr 08
Originally posted by eatmybishopThere's talent; there's training; and there's gifts.
does it all come down to repetition?
e.g. music.
Nigel Kennedy showed early talent and went to the Yehudi Menuhin school of violin at a very young age. He got the best training and practised from an early age with the best. I would say that was practice and training.
Beethoven was talented. He wrote some of his most moving music after he went deaf - that ws talent and accumulated knowledge.
Mozart wrote a great deal of his popular music from 6-14 yrs of age. That has to be a gift, not repetition?
26 Apr 08
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If repeating mistakes made you good, I'd be a saint.
If repeating mistakes made you a master, I'd be a grandmaster.
If repeating mistakes made you smarter, I'd be a genius.
I think that it's important to learn. Learning from mistakes is one way to learn, but repeating mistakes isn't learning.
Learning comes from understanding. Understanding comes from taking the time observe and think, experiment (if only in the imagination) and check how it worked out, and searching for underlying principles.
Of course, if you check my profile, you may want to do anything except what I suggest.
26 Apr 08
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Originally posted by eatmybishopNo, EMB. Not at all. Repetition has its place and is an essential means of learning. Inculcation prevents
does it all come down to repetition?
you from ever being able to forget it. How you "become good at anything" in life, anything, is concentration
(HandyAndy has it right also about practice). You're not even a good lover if you lack concentration. Period.
-gb
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Edit: There's a Grand Canyon of difference between rote and passion... that's what grampy's talking about.
