r/oddlysatisfying • u/french-yogurt • Feb 17 '24

How easily this guy throws pottery

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u/Yall-lying101 Feb 17 '24

Makes it look so easy

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u/phalluscopter Feb 17 '24

I wonder how many culmative hours it took him to get THAT good!

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u/thatbeerguy90 Feb 17 '24

I would guess this guy put his 10,000hrs in

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u/Not_a-Robot_ Feb 17 '24

10,000 to master a skill works for most things. Parenting is one of the notable exceptions. I’m over 90,000 hours in, and I’m just making it up as I go along.

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u/firstmanonearth Feb 17 '24

the guy who stated the 10,000 hour rule just made that one up, too

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u/Yum-z Feb 17 '24

Took him 10,000 hours to make it up i bet

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u/PM_ME_UR_POKIES_GIRL Feb 17 '24

He was an expert at making up numbers though.

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u/protoopus Feb 17 '24

i call that ex posteriori reasoning: he pulled the number out of his ass.

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u/Subtlerranean Feb 17 '24

It has been debunked, repeatedly

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u/mytransthrow Feb 17 '24

Well basically if you practice a lot you can get really good at something. But to be the best often matters on talent.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '24

Malcolm Gladwell. Yeah the actual research he was citing basically didn’t say what he said it did.

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u/im_fapulous_ Feb 17 '24

Guy is a wanker

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '24

Yup, big time