Why Practice Rarely Makes Perfect

Published: March 23, 2018, 8:30 a.m.

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It\\u2019s 1:30 in the morning, and you\\u2019re obsessing over whether the conclusion you\\u2019ve written captures the essence of your research paper. But is putting in all this time and effort actually paying off? Eugenia Cheng, a scientist in residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, explains that by using the concept of diminishing returns, we\\u2019ll find that perfectionism isn\\u2019t all that it\\u2019s cracked up to be.

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