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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 02 September 2012 05:09:38PM 0 points [-]

Mindless practice is not useful

Where does Ericsson say this?

Comment author: gwern 02 September 2012 05:36:17PM 0 points [-]

He doesn't say that explicitly that I can recall; it's just the theme running through his research, background research, and the theories.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 02 September 2012 09:14:43PM 1 point [-]

Thanks for teaching me a lesson on second-hand sources.