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erratio comments on Everyday Questions Wanting Rational Answers - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: Relsqui 05 October 2010 06:04AM

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Comment author: erratio 06 October 2010 09:34:09AM 0 points [-]

How can you tell when you've hit your peak at something? For example, on the discussions of Go around here people speak of hitting plateaus that might last for months, and then suddenly beginning to improve again. So how do you tell whether you've just hit a plateau and need to take a break or change approaches, versus actually hitting your ability cap?

Comment author: Relsqui 06 October 2010 06:55:47PM 0 points [-]

That's a tough one. I'll add it to the post. I don't think I've ever gotten near enough to my peak ability in anything to be able to judge, but maybe someone else has.