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Wes_W comments on There is no such thing as strength: a parody - Less Wrong Discussion

25 Post author: ZoltanBerrigomo 05 July 2015 11:44PM

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Comment author: Wes_W 11 July 2015 05:29:28AM 1 point [-]

Interesting. Can I ask you to unpack this statement? I'm curious what exactly you're comparing.

The difference between "has practiced a movement to mastery" and "has never performed a movement before" can be very large, like my powerlifter/snatch example in the other comment. But this is comparing zero practice to a very large amount of practice over a very long period of time. I would find it easy to believe that IQ tests see much greater returns from small amounts of practice.