Why is engineering so hard?

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<p>From the article linked in post 12:</p>

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Eric Kandel of Columbia University in New York, who won a Nobel prize in 2000 for discovering much of the neural basis of memory and learning, has shown that both the number and strength of the nerve connections associated with a memory or skill increase in proportion to how often and how emphatically the lesson is repeated. So focused study and practice literally build the neural networks of expertise. Genetics may allow one person to build synapses faster than another, but either way the lesson must still be learnt. Genius must be built.

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<p>Sure, your gains are limited by native intelligence, but without “focused study and practice” you won’t grow. That’s why engineers need to work hard in school.</p>