Why Great Players Often Like My Stuff More Than Good Players

[TheReaver]

I think that in the end it really depends on the type of player and their own learning styles. Some people are naturally talented at things, they can understand the concepts quite easily without much thought, and these players tend to become cream of the crop. Books may not help them as much, however many times reading books can help them reinforce their own ideas as well as for them to challenge the ideas to decide whether they agree or disagree.

But there are also other players, who may have less natural talent, and they are able to take in lots of information and analyze the information to form their own ideas of the game. These players may be less talented naturally but it does not mean they are necessarily worse players. These players might gain more useful information from reading books than the naturally gifted players.

It kind of reminded me of professional race car drivers: On the one hand the naturally gifted driver who drives by instinct, and the intellectual driver who computes the various data of the racecourse, car, and inputs in the head - they both achieve the same lap time.