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...Experts tend to be good at their particular talent, but when something unpredictable happens - something that changes the rules of the game they usually play - they're little better than the rest of us. Chess grand masters can recall almost entire chessboard layouts from their games (approximately 25 pieces, compared with an average of four for novices), but when chessmen are randomly arranged on a board, those grand masters can recall the placement of only about six pieces. Similarly, experienced actors remember script lines much better than novices do, but they are no better at remembering material other than scripts...
...Ericsson's primary finding is that rather than mere experience or even raw talent, it is dedicated, slogging, generally solitary exertion - repeatedly practicing the most difficult physical tasks for an athlete, repeatedly performing new and highly intricate computations for a mathematician - that leads to first-rate performance. And it should never get easier; if it does, you are coasting, not improving. Ericsson calls this exertion "deliberate practice," by which he means the kind of practice we hate, the kind that leads to failure and hair-pulling and fist-pounding. You like the Tuesday New York Times crossword? You have...
...long, clandestine love affair.) But for years, Duchamp, who lived in a modest, $40-a-month apartment in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, told his friends he'd given art up for chess and philosophical writing. He said he believed in "masterly inactivity." Indeed, he, Picabia and Ray shared a talent for cerebral sloth. They all thought up endless word games that boil down to jokes about sex. This too was art. The Tate Modern exhibition is dense with doodles and scraps full of dark joie de vivre...
...started all 46 games last year at first, and sophomore Melissa Schellberg who returns after an All-Ivy honorable mention season at third. Schellberg, who batted .311 in her freshman season, contributes solid hitting in addition to a quick glove. There should be no doubt that Harvard has the talent to be playing in the championship tournaments late in the spring. But what will it do early?Rain and snow have made outdoor practice a rare event for the Crimson. Despite indoor facilities in the bubble, without the chance to get much outdoor practice, the expected early season kinks...
...Loud, arrogant all-stars have plenty to say about their outstanding skills and performance, but Harvard sophomore wrestler J.P. O’Connor doesn’t like to flaunt his All-American talent...