感悟
作者真是舉起例子來毫不手軟，前面就告訴我們沒有天才，智力不是最大決定因素，但是我還是習慣性覺得IQ高的人就是學得比別人快啊，加上練習，不就比別人厲害許多嘛！看了各種實錘以后，再也不會覺得IQ高就是無敵了。
高智商只在學習初期體現出優勢，杰出的最大要素還是大量練習，如果說基因的不同真的有影響，那么起作用的也不會是智商的不同，而是專注于練習、進行有效練習的能力不同。
不要相信天才，相信你自己。
字詞
There is usually nothing nefarious going on here, but the results can be incredibly damaging.
nefarious
adj. ? (formal)criminal; immoral
? 罪惡的；不道德的:
?nefarious activities
? 罪惡活動
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? 引發；導致:
?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(數目等)逐漸減少；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、論點或行動的)反面,負面
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 (預言等)自我應驗的,自我實現的:
?If you expect to fail, you will fail. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
