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感悟

作者真是举起例子来毫不手软，前面就告诉我们没有天才，智力不是最大决定因素，但是我还是习惯性觉得IQ高的人就是学得比别人快啊，加上练习，不就比别人厉害许多嘛！看了各种实锤以后，再也不会觉得IQ高就是无敌了。

高智商只在学习初期体现出优势，杰出的最大要素还是大量练习，如果说基因的不同真的有影响，那么起作用的也不会是智商的不同，而是专注于练习、进行有效练习的能力不同。

不要相信天才，相信你自己。

字词

There is usually nothing nefarious going on here, but the results can be incredibly damaging.

nefarious

adj. • (formal)criminal; immoral

• 罪恶的；不道德的:

»nefarious activities

  罪恶活动

It can beget a tendency to assume that some people have a talent for something and others don’t and that you can tell the difference early on.

beget

(formal or old-fashioned) to make sth happen• 引发；导致:

»Violence begets violence.

The advantage among hockey players does seem to taper off somewhat once the players make it into the major leagues

taper sth off

• to make sth become gradually less in number, amount, degree, etc 使(数目等)逐渐减少；降低…程度:

»They are gradually tapering off production of the older models.

On the flip side, of course, the children who get more attention and praise from their teachers ……

flip side

noun [usually sing.] ~ (of / to sth)

different and less welcome aspects of an idea, argument or action (想法、论点或行动的)反面,负面

that is the danger of the self-fulfilling prophecy.

self-fulfilling prophecy

• a self-fulfilling prophecy is six that becomes true because people expect it to be true and behave in a way that will make it happen (预言等)自我应验的,自我实现的:

»If you expect to fail, you will fail. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.