victor lazarte on X: "The AI scientist is here. This will be the end of wokeness A paper just published in Science — the most prestigious journal in the world — claims to have discovered how humans achieve the highest levels of performance. Its conclusion: child prodigies don't become top" / X
To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Chat Grok Premium Bookmarks Creator Studio Articles Profile More Post alana goyal @alanaagoyal Post See new posts Conversation victor lazarte @victoralazarte The AI scientist is here. This will be the end of wokeness A paper just published in Science — the most prestigious journal in the world — claims to have discovered how humans achieve the highest levels of performance. Its conclusion: child prodigies don't become top performers, early excellence negatively predicts peak performance, and parents should not push their kids for fear of burnout. I found it odd. I asked Claude to analyze it. Claude found a statistical error in the paper's core claim, designed a counter-study with 3x the sample size, ran it, and proved the paper wrong. The correct conclusion: talent is real, it's measurable by age 14, and it predicts who reaches the absolute top. We are not all born equal. The AI scienti
victor lazarte @victoralazarte The AI scientist is here. This will be the end of wokeness A paper just published in Science — the most prestigious journal in the world — claims to have discovered how humans achieve the highest levels of performance. Its conclusion: child prodigies don't become top performers, early excellence negatively predicts peak performance, and parents should not push their kids for fear of burnout. I found it odd. I asked Claude to analyze it. Claude found a statistical error in the paper's core claim, designed a counter-study with 3x the sample size, ran it, and proved
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