If, hypothetically, you were trying to become a world-class freestyle rapper from scratch, how would you go about it (besides the obvious, e.g. practice, compete, etc)?
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Replying to @eriktorenberg
Semi-serious answer: date the best rapper I can find. Alternatives include making very good friends with them, moving into a house with a bunch of excellent rappers, getting on the organising team of a world-class rap competition.
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Replying to @utotranslucence @eriktorenberg
Someone asked me about this for physics research recently. In retrospect, my answers seem similar to yours, but rather watered down. I'd add: you need to be willing to ask lots of basic questions, and to be comfortable displaying your own ignorance.
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @eriktorenberg
Yeah - I learned a lot from world-class people when I was old enough to be interesting but young enough not to seem like a threat. I suspect that will be true for the next few years - I think many women have taken advantage of the ‘seem innocuous’ strategy to get great at things.
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Interesting axis (threat / competition). This can be one benefit of collaboration - done well, it's not threatening, but rather mutually beneficial. I like "mutual mentoring" as a model.
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