I wonder how often questions like “What makes one race car driver faster than another” have a different answer from “What makes all race car drivers way faster than you”.
I know from experience that “riding the limits of traction” is the first 90% that most people don’t get, but how often is the last ten percent just chasing diminishing returns on the same thing, and how often is it a completely new skill that becomes relevant once you handle the “easy part”?
For example, using long range rifle shooting as an example, the answer to the former is “reading wind”. But if you simply hand a rifle to someone who has never shot before, wind won’t be the reason they miss. They still have to learn how to stabilize a rifle, calculate drop, etc.
I wonder how often questions like “What makes one race car driver faster than another” have a different answer from “What makes all race car drivers way faster than you”.
I know from experience that “riding the limits of traction” is the first 90% that most people don’t get, but how often is the last ten percent just chasing diminishing returns on the same thing, and how often is it a completely new skill that becomes relevant once you handle the “easy part”?
For example, using long range rifle shooting as an example, the answer to the former is “reading wind”. But if you simply hand a rifle to someone who has never shot before, wind won’t be the reason they miss. They still have to learn how to stabilize a rifle, calculate drop, etc.
But yes, interesting set of questions either way.