tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post4850689111411652931..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Friday Night LightsSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-54166677398688422602008-12-28T19:32:00.000-05:002008-12-28T19:32:00.000-05:00I can't be sure it applies to Dupree, since I didn...I can't be sure it applies to Dupree, since I didn't follow his career carefully after he went to the USFL, but I have seen the phenomenon that ESR describes.<BR/><BR/>There are multiple factors that affect success, and hard work / discipline is one of them.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2006/03/success-vs-ability.html" REL="nofollow">success vs ability</A><BR/><BR/>However, Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-73586392487947236202008-12-28T17:40:00.000-05:002008-12-28T17:40:00.000-05:00Regarding Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and Marcus D...Regarding Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and Marcus Dupree...what does the way his career fizzled out tell us about the relationship between talent and discipline?<BR/><BR/>Admittedly I'm basing my question on Morris's book and Dupree's wikipedia page: <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Dupree" REL="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Dupree</A> However I do wonder if his talent Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01477786395327086892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-45790648694745988552008-12-28T10:37:00.000-05:002008-12-28T10:37:00.000-05:00"I must say your taste in television is peculiar. ..."I must say your taste in television is peculiar. Most people I have known smart enough to be a physics professor don't watch television at all, except maybe the Olympics and World Cup."<BR/><BR/>I find this comment quite peculiar. People who are honestly smart are also open-minded and do not make such simplistic assumptions about anything, even television. Although most TV shows are mediocre or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-36499321668760273972008-12-27T18:45:00.000-05:002008-12-27T18:45:00.000-05:00There is also an FNL movie...FNL movie Wikipedia e...There is also an FNL movie...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights_(film)" REL="nofollow">FNL movie Wikipedia entry</A><BR/><BR/>Regards<BR/><BR/>JorgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-35233420118414024262008-12-27T12:06:00.000-05:002008-12-27T12:06:00.000-05:00Most physics professors never played linebacker ;-...Most physics professors never played linebacker ;-)Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-59263074982663094712008-12-27T08:27:00.000-05:002008-12-27T08:27:00.000-05:00I must say your taste in television is peculiar. M...I must say your taste in television is peculiar. Most people I have known smart enough to be a physics professor don't watch television at all, except maybe the Olympics and World Cup.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com