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Cedric Chin

@ejames_c

Holy crap, what a loss.

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Philip E. Tetlock

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Jun 18, 2020

The loss of a great scientist & colleague. Anders & I agreed—& disagreed. He was right about the power of deliberative practice but in my view insufficiently sensitive to boundary conditions (e.g., we can’t all become tennis pros or “superforecasters”). twitter.com/sbkaufman/stat…

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Cedric Chin

@ejames_c

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Jun 18, 2020

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Ericsson's early work with Herbert Simon was on think aloud protocols. It's not a stretch to say that sizable parts of the judgment and decision making literature owe a debt to him.

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Cedric Chin

@ejames_c

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Jun 18, 2020

I said, in my post on the problems with deliberate practice (https://commoncog.com/blog/the-problems-with-deliberate-practice/…) that I didn't think his claims about the superiority of deliberate practice over genetics would survive the next decade, but the truth is that he's made us all richer with his work.

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The Problems with Deliberate Practice

Have you ever tried putting deliberate practice to practice? If you have, it's likely that you'll have noticed just how difficult it is to apply deliberate practice principles to your career. Anyone...

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Cedric Chin

@ejames_c

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Jun 18, 2020

What a life. What a loss.