MichaelGR comments on That Magical Click - Less Wrong

58 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 January 2010 04:35PM

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Comment author: MichaelGR 20 January 2010 08:17:27PM *  4 points [-]

It sounds like it might have something to do with what Carol Dweck describes as the "Growth Mindset", as opposed to the "Fixed Mindset".

Here's something I wrote about it a couple years ago based on a Nigel Holmes graphic (still one of the most popular posts on my blog):

http://michaelgr.com/2007/04/15/fixed-mindset-vs-growth-mindset-which-one-are-you/