I am almost at my 20th hour of watching TEDx talks and I have to say I AM getting pretty good at this.

@Vandelay Industries there are no bushes anywhere near where I live :)

@Jon White One great enthusiast Petyr baelish said , "Knowledge is Power"

Put a 10k of hours and you'd be a pro. 👍

LOL! 😀

ROFL!

This is 110% correct. Looking back on every skill I've learned and accounted my hours for, it is around the 15 - 20 hour range that I feel "I got the hang of this" and that the dream isn't foolish, but by practice and repetition, the perception becomes reality.

@Jack Hirst true

@R3plicant Work as hard as you can and as smart as you can, ignore the 20 hour rule or 1000 hour rule (whatever it was) bc its interesting but its acc a waste of time to look at. A bit like this conversation we are having.

​@Jack Hirst firstly, you only need 1000 words to have a basic conversation, secondly, maybe we can split language learning into speaking/listening/word memorising, and when we put 20 hours in each of this skills, we could have a good basic conversation with people. But I agree that this exactly 20 hour number may be interpreted how I want and I made not 20 hour but 100 hours of skills that I need to put my effort. Generally this number just shows that we need to put way less time into a skill to learn, than we think

@R3plicant there is 10000 plus words to learn by listening, speaking and written. Plus different patterns, grammar etc. This 20 hour rule is definitely bollocks when it comes to language learning.

@Jack Hirst But, maybe, you can listen french now? You just have learned different skill :) But honestly, I am at about mine 20th hour of learning spanish and I am bad at speaking too, but I can undestand what is conversation is about. Maybe that's because I am only speaked spanish for only 2 hours?

10:30 - 11:15 is the life changing quote for me. Trying to be a perfectionist at everything and eventually procrastinating is the thing that I'm doing over these years. Thank you 💖

You're a wholesome person

@cat 000 just type it and it will be linkable

how did you type the time

"The main barrier is not intellectual - it's emotional" was taken to heart. Thanks for the video

somebody already said that

This makes learning something more digestible instead of getting overwhelmed by the task. So right. Wish I watched this earlier in my life :’-)

I really believe in everything he has just said. It is important to avoid procrastination guys. I am telling you this because of my life experience. I moved to Canada when I was 20 years old and my life has changed completely. I was studying computer engineering in my home country and was about to complete my 3rd year when my mother took the decision to move to Canada. It was really difficult at the beginning because of the language and culture. My knowledge about English was probably between 30% and 45%, so I had to invest part of time studying English. I proposed to myself that I had to learn the language at a university level in 1 year, and it worked. I still need improvements, but I feel really proud of myself because I was able to learn the language. After having learned English, I applied to University of Toronto to study Computer Science, and since the semester was going to start on September of the following year, I took that year to study everything about my career. I took my time to study advanced functions, calculus, physics and programming. What do I mean about all of this? You can learn everything you want if you really want to. The crucial part of all of this is to believe that you can do it. I personally do not believe in what the science says about the "SPECIAL KIDS". We all are smart beings that have the same capacities to learn everything we want. You can do it guys if you are willing to take the effort. I hope you have a great day and I wish you all the best ☺️. NEVER GIVE UP.

thank you. Your words are really inspiring. I am now encouraged to study hard becase I believe I can do it after reading your words!

@Dilaine Souza muito bom

Thankyou stargate I really appreciate your comment. May life take you where you are meant to be

@Dilaine Souza hay dilaine please give me the advice to learn English in a short time and her method thanks

thank you

as a person trying to get better at art, this is really helpful and i'm both sad and glad that i saw this now because the 13 y/o me from 2013 probably wouldn't have taken these tips into account and wouldn't have used them

@van i almost lost my passion in drawing because I didn't feel to my self that im an artist because im not good at creating original works, yet i only draw with a reference but in different medium, and i guess need I don't to think about it , as long as i enjoying, thank you much :> hoping I could go back at drawing

@haruhi drawing over another artwork

Never too late dear

you are 21 years old now

@Andrew Draws May I ask what is tracing?

What I learned is: we need to be able to deconstruct the skill, and learn enough to self assess our progress eliminating diseraction while practice time, and put our 20 hours .This was so excellent.

Maybe search online or a book can help us to deconstruct a skill. But I have no idea how to know that we've already have the ability to do self correct

The best, most exciting, most practical, most fascinating Ted talk that I continue to come back to you again and again. Read the book multiple times, applied it to everything from learning a new language to fixing up my house, to now developing my skills as a ham radio operator. Thank you so much for this.

What book?

20hour Rules - Deconstruct the skill - Learn enough to self-correct -Remove practice barriers -Practice at least 20hours Thank you YouTube for recommending me & Thank you TEDx Talks too. I have learned a lot here. Grateful to all !!

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Thanks to you sir. I come back to write this 3 months (- +) after i watched this video. When i was learning english, i've tried to memorize all the words and vocab as much as possible, but after months i still can't speak or even give a comment in youtube or instagram post in english. After watched this video i realize, i don't need all the words in oxford dictionary to start speaking, like that ukelele chords, know some important words is enough for you to speak in foreign language, and that's what i do now.

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@Матвей Aношин Man, I used to think that we are the only ones in the world who don't speak English well and that everyone can speak English besides their mother tongue, but I was wrong about that a lot of people don't know it well and are still learning it.

And look at how well you did. I am fluent in two languages so i know what it takes.

Well, your english sounds fantastic now, so good job

you know sir, you can save everyone who absorbs this 20 hour rule... mentally and physically... thank you so much for this talk!!

Excelente explicação do autor! Como foi importante saber que tantas coisas que quero aprender , posso e só preciso de 20 horas!!! Bom demais saber. Parabéns Josh Kaufman.👏👏👏👏👏👏

Sim, você está certo, como você está hoje? Devo dizer que seu perfil é lindo e vale a pena ler seus artigos.

So far the best tedx talks I have ever seen Gives me motivation to learn something new 💪🏻

This really helps me to move forward on so many levels. Can't thank you enough.🙏

20hour Rules - Deconstruct the skill - Learn enough to self-correct -Remove practice barriers -Practice at least 20hours

Thank you

Thank yiu

20min explained in 10sec

Wow @Patrice Lauverjon that’s quite an exhaustive argument. You must have spent some time practicing that. Say…. …… ….. ….. ….. 20 hours?

The more widespread a thought becomes the more subjected to scrutiny and opposition, not fully relating to quality or aurhenticity. Amazingly enough, it can be Politics that make a very popular and genuine concept agreeable or unacceptable. Any content or context that has a global positive or negative back up of any kind will reach Political grounds! From that point  on it will be manipulated so much that lost of perspectives and origins can be lost in space! This being so common and widespread involves a lot of research to figure out true meanings that may not have been fully uncovered in the first place anyway. This added complexity may cover up the simplicities and availablility of present solutions and the fact that anything complex is based on a cocktail of simple facts and events that are part of acceptance or rejection of natural evolution

Love it! Put 20 hours practice in it and have fun! Thinking about my karate journey 2hrs×10weeks here I am feeling much more comfortable compared the stressful emotion at the middle. Now the next learning is about C++ programming for a R5 module problem. Love the idea of self-correction milestone. And the dedication of 20 hours practice. My comment about the 20 hours is that it's just the practice time, it doesn't include 3 also very important things, the preparation time, the decomposing time, and the reflection time.

Great talk! Very inspiring! Thanks 🙏🏼

amazing ❤️❤️❤️ adorei! não ter medo de aprender! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😀

"Just do it". You broke it down. This was beautiful, fun, interesting. Just takes 20 hours. Love the ending, thank you so much. Very inspirational video.

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I was watching this video just to improve my listening in English but at the end I think this video going to change my life. Thanks.

omg

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Sameeee

LOL

Haha ,same here 😂

This is so true. I learn freestyle waacking dance in 2 weeks and I literally committed every single day for an hour or 2. I don't do any dance within that 2 weeks, I just focused on throwing my hands. No music, no heads, no shoulder movements, no footworks, just pure arms (basics of waacking) to train my muscle. Now I've already been dancing (popping) for years, but never tried waacking before. Today I've almost transitioned my style into waacking. This is the same thing with learning other things. You have to commit OUT OF PASSION and you will learn faster, compared to when you're learning things not in your interest.

I have an amazing time watching this video! This sounds great to me. Thanks a lot for sharing how to learn something new. Believe in myself that I can do everything!

Watching this in 2021 along with many more TEDx talks these are fantastic and a brilliant way to develop your mind through knowledge

It's riveting!! In my opinion learning new things also vary from person to person. And it's so true that we actually scare to take that very first step to learn anything new. This Ted talk made my day😊

"The main barrier is not intellectual -- it's EMOTIONAL." Amen to that.

@Patrice Lauverjon Good evening, Patrice. I had thought about this for a long time and I want to know your opinion on this. The only way to know what's real and what's true is to invest ourselves in it, right?. It's only when we do this that we realize that some beliefs that we hold are actually strange. Let me ask you something. You don't really know when something is real until you feel it, right? So, how do we grasp the truth? What is the truth for you? How are you relating to it?

Ameen you forgot an extra e.

Possibly feelings need to be associated with aeareness. The more widespread a thought becomes the more subjected to scrutiny and opposition, not fully relating to quality or aurhenticity. Amazingly enough, it can be Politics that make a very popular and genuine concept agreeable or unacceptable. Any content or context that has a global positive or negative back up of any kind will reach Political grounds! From that point  on it will be manipulated so much that lost of perspectives and origins can be lost in space! This being so common and widespread involves a lot of research to figure out true meanings that may not have been fully uncovered in the first place anyway. This added complexity may cover up the simplicities and availablility of present solutions and the fact that anything complex is based on a cocktail of simple facts and events that are part of acceptance or rejection of natural evolution

@Sumin Shizzles I can relate to first part but no to second.

Indeed

The effective way of doing that is setting aside time for studying each day, just like you do for eating and sleeping. Maintain a consistent schedule from day to day. The length of time required for study will vary depending on the individual's knowledge of the subject.Your focus will increase if you make it a habit to study in the same spot at the same time every day.

This is a really interesting video. I strongly believe that time is not the main part to learn a new skill. The most important things are the right techniques and patience.

Amazing inspirational speech 👏👏👏 You're so right that the major barrier to learning new thing is not intellectual, it's about emotional! We all start at zero point but if we keep practising and working hard on it, we will soon get better at it 😊 Enjoy what you're doing and find a way work best for you, hope all of us will achieve our happiness and goals 💟

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Thankyou for the Wisdom and encouragement and your insight into learning a Skill. It sure helps us get over that initial hesitancy and the thought that ' Oh boy , I'ts going to take a long time to master a skill.....I guess it's how you approach a challenge. But when you highlight it in broader aspect , it becomes easier to understand.

these kind of ted talks always gives me the motivation to actually do something, thank you

Yes.the same

@genrubah yes

Me too it works like fuel actually

@James Upton yes, actually :)

What a talk show !!! THAT'S MOTIVATING ME TO KEEP LEARNING ENGLISH. Thank you TEDX TALKS ♥️

One of the most powerful and useful presentations I have ever seen.

I really enjoyed this talk! Having a lil demonstration at the end made it even more brilliant. I will be at ease when I wanna learn something new. Thank you Josh. Thank you TED.

That’s so cool . You were awesome. Such an inspiration to keep learning.I am a teacher and I learned to bake and spent I think 20 hours to learn this new skill.

1. Deconstruct the skill. Decide what you exactly want to do with skill and break the skill, practice the most important skills. 2. Learn enough to correct yourself. Practice just enough to notice when you do mistakes and get on the right path. 3. Remove the distractions. Disable notifications and remove all the distractions. 4. Practice at least 20 hours. Try to do 20 hours of deliberate practice. Stick with it no matter what. Additional:- The major barrier to skill acquisition isn't an intellectual one, but it's emotional.

thanks

@POGI KO SHET I don’t know if you still need this reply, but he says to break down the 20hours, it comes down to about 45 minutes a day.

Thank you for the conclusion. It helps me a lot

Thanks for the summary !

Yes he is totally right! Ive noticed as well that if you can allocate just up to 1 hour per weekday to do smth that makes you happy or helps you move towards your dream - you accomplish it so much fatser and become so much happier! Thanks for sharing Josh and TED!

It's amazing that some people can listen to this man and call him a bad guy. It's really a shame, because the people who hate him are the people who really need to hear the message he's spreading......

This is really good Kaufman. I want to learn a bunch of new stuff, I'll use this principle and will share my success or failure on it. Keeping this as a watch word "the barrier to learn is not intellectual but emotional".. A question though does it applies to small children below the age of 10?

One of the best TED videos that I have ever seen. Its very interesting and full of inspiration

I'm like this guy, I really enjoy learning new things!! This Ted is absolutely amazing!! Yo soy como este hombre! Me encanta aprender cosas nuevas! Esto Ted es absolutamente asombroso!

This gentleman is amazing. I learned so much from this... I will rewatch this for the rest of my life. 👏❤

Not only you make learning is easy, but you show me that life is easier than I think 🙏❤️

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This does sound about right. I did ballroom dance for 2 hours a week, every week for about 2 months, and in that time, I went from knowing nothing to actually being able to remember the different dances and do them fairly well.

Summary: Just 20 hours is enough to become “reasonably good” at any skill. 1. Deconstruct the skill - Break the skill down into its most basic parts. Which parts are necessary for hitting the goal you have? (i.e. if your goal is to sing a song in Korean, you can primarily focus on pronunciation, not learning a bunch of vocabulary) 2. Learn enough to self correct - Learn enough to realize when you're making mistakes. 3. Remove barriers to practice - Turn off your phone, unplug the TV. Put your guitar, piano, language book in the middle of your room, not behind your stack of dirty laundry. 4. Practice for at least 20 hours - Commit to 20 hours from the start. You're going to be frustrated at times, so committing beforehand will help you push through the frustration.

I was searching for this after watching the video to take some notes and I got to say, Thank you for your effort

THEY WILL CHANGE YOUR WORLD.. @G5_M

excelent Carrier! I will try exotic method. Thanks

@Sir Turd I agree.

The laundry has to be done before I can practice.

Four simple steps to rapid skill acquisition: 1. Deconstruct the skill; 2. Learn enough to self-correct; 3. Remove practice barriers; 4. Practice at least 20 hours. Thanks for sharing. It's so useful for everyone.

Incredibly awesome and encouraging! Thank you so much

This is called the "ego talking" he's not helping anyone in how to learn, he's just showing what he've learned to feel his ego. Good Job Josh Kaufman, you should be proud of yourself.

Unos de los videos más interesantes y útiles que he visto en Ted. Muchas gracias Mr.

Amazing info. Yes. Hear 10k hours would more likely dishearten one from pursuing something vs knowing it only takes a month of diligence. Blessings for spreading light. 🙏🏿

What great advice..I will try 20 hours of just about anything now. Thank you!

I have started to study German, I am concentrating on the certification exam. In 15 hours I feel fully capable kkkkk of studying another 20 hours and getting the A1. Well, at least the sense of self-efficacy is very high! Now I can say, it is not obsession , as many people think, it is the 20 hour rule. Thank you!

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Yes, you're absolutely right when to start learning something with emotional you're going to learn easily and with funny and maybe quickly

Loved this talk! Imagine as teachers, we can design our course instruction to follow this exact process. That is, we can deconstruct the skills, identify the most critical/fundamental sub skills, decide what the right mix of resources are, teach them how to self-correct, create the barrier-less conditions, and structure the 20 hour plan for that skill. Perhaps in math, chapter 3 is the big skill and the sections are the sub-skills. Hmmm...I am going to play around with this.

As I watched this TEDx talk, I kept saying over and over, "Spot on!" Isn't that what we, as teachers, have already been doing all along? No? Then you're either new to teaching, haven't figured it out yet, or are a professional development speaker in need of a pseudo-new hook so you can pick up ridiculously large fees instructing experienced and accomplished educators on the latest, wiz-bang teaching method neatly packaged and marketed to justify your product. That stated, I do agree that this is a terrific talk -- for students, as reinforcement for what we educators do or ... for those who are otherwise, clueless about the validity of practice, exercises and drills. Jus' sayin'

You got it Roger! Although I haven't refined it to 20 hours, it's the basis of my teaching for both English and Spanish :)

love it

@roger great reflection

When standing before an urge audience It is difficult to have a dead on speech. This guy nailed it.

Notes - the first 20 hours rules 1. Deconstruct the skill 2. Learn enough to self-correct 3. Remove practice barriers 4. Actually, practice at least 20 hours Advice/Quote: "The main barrier is not INTELLECTUAL, it's EMOTIONAL" - Josh Hauman

I love this ted talk and it is really inspiring, but I have an issue. I have never heard anyone ever say "it takes 10,000 hours to learn something" it has always been explained by people who talk about as "it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill"

What a powerful message. 👏🏻💯

Started watching tedtalks weekly and my life drastically improved from all the things I’ve learned here. I wish teachers in school are like this.

more or less health teachers

Teachers in university are very similar to this actually tbh this reminds me of one the teachers at harvard in the computer science course.

@Aline Azevedo Yup. Schools teach students very little to succeed. Students have to deal with unnecessary and uninterested Assignments. As a school graduate myself, I have no idea how to invest money, save money, do taxes, manage expenses, what to do with my first paycheck, know about life, and things like that😕😔. I don't even know why I went to college for.

@Aline Azevedo thing is, majority of teachers are more concerned about getting passed the curriculum as efficient as possible. I dont blame them that much tho. In america, teachers are just not paid enough. The best teachers tho look outside the box and improve the students foundation with videos like this, and ultimately, become mote efficient at getting through the course.

We needed to learn a little more about life and practical skills at school! The school system is so broken :(

Such a brilliant finding. So true, the key to learn a computer language is learning just enough and do a project and then iterate the process

“Remove practice barriers” is one the essential cores in the book “Atomic Habits” which published in the recent years!

The man has style. I like it I’d imagine that being in certain situations causes one to adapt. Some of the information here was very helpful. I appreciate you 🏆 Smart Man.

What a lovely and informative video ♥️ thank you 😊

Learning is not about perfection. Best thing I heard today 🙌🙌

1 Deconstruct 2 Learn enough to Self correct 3 Remove distraction 4 Practice 20 hours

Will read this for 20 straight hours starting...now.

Thank you!!!

5. Ukulele

@Saurabh Gupta Two set gang

Thanks

Thanks for delivering such a beautiful and inspiring message.

I've learned from this video that it takes 10,000 hours to learn something new. I also learned that if I want to accomplish anything in life I will need 20 hours of practice to accomplish that skill.

Thank you sir. So inspiring talk .

4 simple steps to learn new things : 1, Deconstruction the skills 2, Learn enough to self- correct 3, Remove the practice barriers 4, Practice at least 20 hours.

1. Deconstruct the skill. 2. Learn enough to self-correct. 3. Remove practice barriers. 4. Practice at least 20 hours. Man, you are great!!!!!! Loved your ted talk!

This is why I love YouTube.

I preferred your time saving ted talk tbh Eloisa

yes

What does it mean to remove prescribe barriers?

with people like you i can always skip the video tnx

I tried to learn my advanced-level chemistry lesson. But how much I tried I couldn't solve any problem. Recently I saw this video and tried this trick. It worked.

I just loved the talk. now on anything I am going to learn, I am going to focus on spending 20 hours with it. thank you so much.

I see so many tedx but this the best tedx video for me because I learn New thing in these video I wanna learn any courses I take days and months but know I leart within 20 hours we learn anything with focus and consistency thank you sir 👍

🤣 it's really a nice speech. It's actually right 50%, because when you learn some skills, you break it down, find enough things to self-correct. Believe me, all of those need a lot of intelligence

"The major barrier to skill acquisition isn't intellectual...it's EMOTIONAL." Thank you Josh👏

Absolutely agree .. emotion is tied to memory ..

So good!! I feel like you just set my mind free from Outliers, which I think about every time I start something new.

Absolutely loved it!

Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..

amen to that !

Thanks, you to!

P)))

@Fadeuka Ivanhoe Thanks a lot

Спасибо!!!! за прекрасный совет - 20 часов практики! Я учу английский и боюсь говорить((

This video reminds me of when I was learning Italian language. I got the most spoken verbs of Italian language on Google and I learned them very well so I could have a basic conversation with Italians. That was the start for me and within a month I could speak the language much better than I thought: it was just like the Pareto rule because I chose the 20% that mattered most to keep a basic conversation.

@Fabio Pancot i agree and i can tell u german is one of the most complicated languages, the grammar is just overwhelming and it doesnt make sense. Woman is feminine and so you need to use an article/genus which is feminine called 'die' but u need the same article for a banana as well, why? I mean have u ever seen a feminine banana? So first big common issue for german language learnes.

I'm learning hieroglyphics. Any tips?

Bravissimo

Johnny Harris has a video about this.

I am studying on English Interpreting and translation department and it is my first year . I tried to find a job which is suitable my english level , there was one place which I found but after they had evaluated me they said to me "You are not speech as fast as we want (Fluency Speaking) and there are some problems about creating sentence".Then they gave me time until July to develop my speed of speaking and other things . I wasn't sure that I’d be able to do this but after watched tedx videos now I am much more trusting myself about be able to do what they want .

And the best thing is we have more hours in a day than it is required to be reasonably good at something. This is something we always overlook. Come on guys, let's get better every single day. The 1% rule and we all will reach our 20th hour soon. Let's keep learning.

Have you tried this? Let me know if it worked

i simply like this courageous guy, playing an instrument in front of many people maybe in order to prove "The main barrier is not intellectual -- it's EMOTIONAL"

I crossed 20 hours of watching TEDx talks and I have to say I am getting pretty good at this 😂😂

I’m 15 and I play chess I got into it this year and took it seriously and I’m waking up at 4 almost everyday and just practice I’m not a online person the only reason is for Chess games and these types of video but really this video is everything you need !

1. Deconstruct the skill 2. Learn enough to self-correct (looking for too much material or learn too much is a kind of procrastinate) 3. Remove practice barriers 4. Practice at least 20 hours

@David Min lol

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@By Any Means Necessary If you are just saying "I'll just get 20 books on how to code" it's a form of proscratination. The point is to begin as soon as possible and learn from self correction. Learn from errors that you are making as you are practising the skill (e.g. coding). Learning should be about learning from actual mistakes.

Could you elaborate on the 2nd point?

@David Min Sadly people that have this "Give me results now" are the very ones that plato much quicker than others and mostly give up and/or never achive their goal New years res. area great example of this If sitting down for a 20 minute video on how to change your life is to much, i do NOT feel the problem is time for you but more on focus and realistic achivements

I'm just fascinated about how incredibly he held this ted talk.

No matter how many TED talks I watch, this episode will ALWAYS be my favorite.

Imagine actually learning a language in just 20 hours (+ all the hours of “prep”) It kind of reminds me of the idea of speed running in games where they will study how to play the game in the fastest way possible before attempting/practicing a run

Fun but concrete, great great speech 🥰

Over the last decades there have been remarkable developments in thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. Yet many of the basic problems have remained largely unsolved. In the spectrum of opinions expressed by authors who have attempted to solve these problems, one can roughly distinguish three main schools of thought: 1) Traditional axiomatic thermodynamics, which cannot explain the origin of irreversibility and time asymmetries. Or simply smuggle irreversibility in without declaring the contraband. 2) The statistical school, which generates “man-made irreversibility’’ by imposing asymmetric conditions on symmetric ones in order to describe reality. 3) The new gravitational school, which deduces the origin of evolution, irreversibility, electromagnetic and thermodynamics from Einsteinian gravitation (General Relativity) and the verified expansion of the universe that follows Einstein-Hubble Theory-Observations. This new school includes some new modifications to physics as part of the new philosophy called gravitism. My object is to obtain a consistent mathematical formulation of irreversibility in probabilistic theories. So far physicists have done this by means of a priori imposing on symmetric equations an (often hidden postulate of) asymmetry (which, in itself, is equivalent to the very results that the mathematical analysis is aimed “to prove”). In other words, the (asymmetric) “results” (of classical and quantum-statistical physics) are not really results for they are deliberately enforced on, not deduced from symmetric formalism. Such quantum-mechanical tactics are unacceptable, partly because they lead to a highly misleading philosophy of science, which, in turn, has generated a ludicrously incongruous mode of thinking in education and in general philosophy. Their advocates all fall into the trap of assuming that which they set out to prove. One cannot get uncertainty for certainty, nor indeterminism from determinism (see posts below). These conclusions lead to somewhat surprising results, which, in turn, are related to the very core of our physical theories and to the role of time, causality, and determinism in philosophy.

it's an amazing video . It helps to understand that one new thing takes 20 hours to learn.

20 Hours Rules 1 Deconstruct the skill 2 Learn enough to self correct 3 Remove practice barriers 4 Practice at least 20 hours

I watched this video beginning to end one time. Decided to learn how to solve a Rubiks cube. I put in roughly 20 hours in a month like he mentions; a few minutes to an hour a day reading a pdf on how to solve a Rubiks cube and watching videos on YouTube. This man is not making things up. I put it to the test and I never thought it would actually work. This is truly the key to open the genius mind in you.

That it took you 20 hours to follow a rubiks guide. Lol

His personality made this TED Talk a hundred folds more interesting. Thank you!

Yep

True very good personable speaker

This mindset breaks the greatest challenge: emotions! Great communication btw, congrats!

This is the most interesting and good speech I've ever watched. Thank you. I'll try 20h learning.

The first 20 hours 1. Deconstruct the skill 2. Learn enough to self-correct 3. Remove practice barriers 4. Practice at least 20 hours

A good ted talk indeed , made me smile at the end.

A lot of comments here are disappointing to read. The man shared with us a golden rule to learn and become decent at a new skill. He even specified you won't become an expert, you will become decent. That's the whole point of the video. He wanted to break the misconception of the 10,000 hour rule and encourage people to learn a subject they have been wanted to address and that it is not impossible, it takes 20 hours and you will have learned the basics and that it is do-able even if your schedule is tight. ''lolz then why isnt erryone a doctor ??? shit ted talk lmao !!1'' you missed the point

@Елена Каткова and you only have 6 subscribers?

It was very, very simplistic at best. Yes Im sure its good if you want to do something so mediocre as fold napkins or make paper airplanes or only play a ukulele as a 2 bit busker (provided you could already sing)

THEY WILL CHANGE YOUR WORLD.. @G5_M

@Allison Scott Majure yeah, I was somewhat bemused by that. It didn't exactly lend him a lot of credibility. I also disagree with the premise that you can be good enough at something after 20 hours. That might be just enough time to realise you haven't even scratched the surface (depending on the skill). It's good for pop motivation but a bit insulting to people who have actually dedicated a large portion of their time to properly learning and understanding something.

@R3 But part of the problem is you actually haven't 'learnt to play' at all. Usually learning something for 20 hours just shows you how much more there is to know and how basic your skills really are. I agree that having a basic understanding of something is far better than nothing, but the scale of his graph was (IMO) extremely misleading. Those 20 hours might get you a few percent of the way to mastery, not >50% as the chart seemed to imply. I'm sure it's different for different skills, but for many things lay people usually don't appreciate just how much is involved in a particular skill or ability, and how far removed an amateur is from an expert. I also found his interpretation of the steep learning curve to be strange. I always took that to mean something was very hard to learn even the basics of at first- basically the opposite of what he was claiming (but maybe that's my mistake). I'm not knocking what the talk was about by the way. I've always believed anybody can learn something if they put in the time and apply themselves properly; I just think it's a bit specious to suggest that someone can be 'good enough' at something after 20 hours. That's really the tip of the iceberg.

You are amazing. I am feeling so motivated after watching this. 😘

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