juggling even with words! Good job Vova!

awesome juggler!

Ohhhh Vova .. wise thoughts you rock, even when you don't juggle

dude i so agree. so many people are like how are you so good at piano or juggling, im terrible and im just like well.. if you practiced 2-3+ hours a day for a few years youd be good too, my friend. i almost feel like anyone can do anything. its a matter of how much time youre willing to put in.

I agree!

I think determination and enjoyment are really big factors in learning something. If you arent determined, and if you dont enjoy, your mind isnt tuned to it like it should be and you may already feel defeated. But if you enjoy it, your mind is focused on ways to improve, even if you arent any good yet, and you dont care how long it takes to improve because its your pleasure to keep trying. Thats the thing that needs to be nurtured, and thats what I see happened here.

he is the best!!!

I found the article the book is based on. Cool how I can read it for free without having to read any commercial bullshit, huh :D Seems like a very interesting article, I'll get back to you when I have read the important bits. It does seem to have some limitations which I will discuss further in the future.

Okay, so I'm going to assume you have read the article too. I was surprised and pleased to see so high correlations between parenting styles and amount and child IQ. What I was left wondering was that were the correlations controlled for covariance? That is an extremely important piece. I don't think the observer is a confounding factor, at worst only a minor. But what I do wish to point out is that in many cases we have seen that childhood iq is not the best predictor of adult iq.

I agree, although you forgot the significance of innate dispositions, ie. temperament. It is the interaction between the "nature and nurture" what makes us the way we are. You described some of the significant nurture components. However, the idea that a human being is a tabula rasa, is false and antique. To be able to raise a child you can't treat them all the same, they all require different kind of care since their innate dispositions and ways of doing things are different.

Vova= inspiration to throw your props down when you land something big L) ^_^

oh i know him its just he's more entertaining when he's juggling

Determination. lose it and you've lost everything

Also, are you claiming that the differences between two children in the same family are all due to environmental differences?

Ummm... you're telling me to read some book? Just send me the links to the scientific articles, I can access virtually all real scientific journals so I'll be able to check your claims. I'm not going to waste my money before I know what's really going on. You're taking such a radical stance against ALL mainstream psychology, behavioral genetics so that you have the burden of proof. My perspective on you is quite similar in that there is a ton of literature that you should read too.