http://www.michaelshermer.com/1996/10/bicycles-baseball-bacteria-and-bach/ books, essays, columns, reviews, and multimedia clips of famed skeptic Michael Shermer Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:27:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.michaelshermer.com/1996/10/bicycles-baseball-bacteria-and-bach/comment-page-1/#comment-3287 Knowing .NET » Blog Archive » Stephen J. Gould on Baseball : May Relate to Programmer Productivity Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:18:14 +0000 http://michaelshermer.com/2007/07/09/bicycles-baseball-bacteria-and-bach/#comment-3287 [...] http://www.michaelshermer.com/1996/10/bicycles-baseball-bacteria-and-bach/ and http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/1997/01/outspoken.html) about the decreasing deviation in performance as a field matures. Relating it to the old studies on programming productivity, Dalke wonders: [...] [...] http://www.michaelshermer.com/1996/10/bicycles-baseball-bacteria-and-bach/ and http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/1997/01/outspoken.html) about the decreasing deviation in performance as a field matures. Relating it to the old studies on programming productivity, Dalke wonders: [...]

]]> http://www.michaelshermer.com/1996/10/bicycles-baseball-bacteria-and-bach/comment-page-1/#comment-2954 Bobby Rhodes Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:42:20 +0000 http://michaelshermer.com/2007/07/09/bicycles-baseball-bacteria-and-bach/#comment-2954 There are those in sports that break the mold of the average player: (Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Pavlov etc) They have either, an insatiable appetite for success, greater focus, greater vision. Who knows. In "the day" there were less distractions. Today future geniuses and phenoms are distracted by money and T.V. There are those in sports that break the mold of the average player: (Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Pavlov etc) They have either, an insatiable appetite for success, greater focus, greater vision. Who knows. In “the day” there were less distractions. Today future geniuses and phenoms are distracted by money and T.V.

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