Maria Konnikova
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Maria Konnikova is an American writer, born in Moscow in 1984, with a PhD in psychology from Columbia University.
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 1984, Moscow; the family moved to Massachusetts when she was four (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: BA in psychology and creative writing, Harvard; PhD in psychology, Columbia University (2013), under Walter Mischel (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (2013); The Confidence Game (2016); The Biggest Bluff (2020) (opens wiqqi.app)
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4 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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x.com: @mkonnikova (opens twitter.com)
“Oh, no.”
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Newsletter: mariakonnikova.substack.com (opens mariakonnikova.substack.com)
“On cyber-security and cyber-stupidity”
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Site: mariakonnikova.com (opens www.mariakonnikova.com)
“Where to follow me these days…”
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x.com: @mkonnikova (opens twitter.com)
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Saying that training is everything in reaching elite performance is tempting but wrong; genes and environment both matter. (opens korrents.com)
“We cannot predict with accuracy who will become élite in a given field, but we know that genes and environment matter and that we all have different natural peaks that we can reach through application and training.…”
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Talent needs the right environment and opportunity to flourish; genes alone do not make a genius. (opens korrents.com)
“Opportunity must be there. Genes are great, but they need to have the right environment in which to flourish.”
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Correlations found between openness and liberalism are largely tautological, because political leanings were built into the personality measures. (opens korrents.com)
“So what happens when we look for correlations between, say, openness and liberalism? We find one because it’s largely tautological.”
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Saying that training is everything in reaching elite performance is tempting but wrong; genes and environment both matter. (opens korrents.com)