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Aid01 t1_j718iq3 wrote

Reply to comment by Cash907 in [Image]Its just Practice. by haplessamora

How do you know how much those rando mf'ers practiced in their own time though? Plus not all practice is equal. If you don't challenge yourself in your practice and analyze what your weaknesses are (and subsequently build exercises around them) then you're likely to flatline or slow down your progression.

Like I've never took art academically beyond early year schoolin where it was compulsary and peeps have said I was naturally talented when truth is I've just spent an insane amount of time doing that stuff when I was free.

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jl_theprofessor t1_j73q61o wrote

No matter how much you practiced, you would never be as good a swimmer as Michael Phelps or as good a basketball player as Michael Jordan. You would never be as quick a thinker as Stephen Hawking. There are fundamental biological differences that orient people toward being naturally better at some things than others that if given equal practice, the person with the natural gifts will excel more in. That isn't a bad thing, it is the crux of humanity to have different people of different talents that should motivate people to rely and build together.

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