> This falls into the Malcolm Gladwell genre of arguments made on top of specious anecdotal data. Paul's not wrong, per se, but it's not a well-formed argument.
That pretty much describes anything that he writes on his blog.
That pretty much describes anything that he writes on his blog.
I wouldn't have even written my comment but this was just a big talking point after Gladwell's 10,000 hours book a few years ago (which also speciously and strangely used Bill Gates as an example of effort).
That Coolidge quote is 100 years old. I like us talking about things but let's endeavor to make it new things.