Posted by dorayme on 02/18/07 04:19

In article <53pvusF1s6nh5U1@mid.individual.net>,
Bergamot <bergamot@visi.com> wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
> >
> > At least on the planet I come from
>
> Sorry, but I just can't listen to anything you have to say when you
> start this stuff. Maybe some find it amusing, but I'm not in that crowd.

What you say seems fair enough to me. I better go again, since I
have forgotten quite the context. I think you said that CSS takes
time and practice and that anyone can reach some reasonably high
levels if they work at it. And that it can be achieved with some
hard work.

Anyway, it is not a big deal, perhaps your view is useful. But it
gives to me a wrong impression in a world in which there is such
a genetic lottery. It is over optimistic to think this. While it
is true that a lot of improvement is possible in skills, a
reliable sense of touch is something that it is unrealistic to
expect from "anyone", I am pretty sure you used this phrase? Some
intelligent people who put in a lot of time and effort into piano
practice, eg, even after years and years, play quite clunkily.
True, practice over one piece can mask a lack of talent but this
is not what I am talking about when I refer to mastery. The
ability to adapt and hit sweet spots in coding of all sorts, in
skills of all sorts is not always achievable by effort alone. I
am not saying it is not a good thing to practice and improve,
especially if it is an activity someone enjoys, just that what
you said was over optimistic.

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dorayme

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