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oxdottir says...

you made my day, thanks!

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"When you add sweat to talent, you get magic."
Awesome comment man. I believe the interest/intrinsic motivation is key. For a literal example of what you're saying, look a Penn and Teller or any magician Thousands of hours of practice...

In reply to this comment by oxdottir:
The longer I teach, the less I'm sure I even believe in any single thing that could be called intelligence. I had a graduate student once who seemed incredibly slow. For a bit I was torn with guilt about how I was going to gently steer him into a field more suited to his talents. He just seemed to take a really long time to get any new concept. Then I started noticing that when he *did* get the concept, he *really* got it. And his approach was new, different, and creative. He did new things, and he did much more profound things than the people who had "gotten" the concepts quickly.

I'm much more impressed by persistence, interest, and joy in the material than I am in any abstract thing called intelligence. Not that there isn't such a thing as native talent, but for all but the highest levels, you can make up for talent with plain old sweat. When you add sweat to talent, you get magic.

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