[abaymado]

> Research into chess found little or no effect of learning it on other academic and cognitive skills, and the same is true for music instruction and cognitive training.This inability to transfer problem-solving skills is why "brain training" is ineffective for developing general intelligence.

I would disagree with this premise, deep work and the forbidden word "discipline" are problem solving skills that are learned and need constant training. They are just as important as any other specific skill needed for the subject. Thus, making some problem-solving skills indeed free flowing from subject to subject.

[watwut]

I guess that then implication is that learning chess ot music does not make you more disciplined either.

[sitkack]

Learning any subject in any domain, deeply has value, and that learning is transferable. I think when the analysis is done, saying that chess doesn’t make one smarter per se, the researchers are starting from a baseline where student a and student B are equal in all regards, and in addition to student B has learned to chess. While student a might not know chess they could have spent an equal amount of time learning something else and it’s that time learning things that’s important not necessarily the subject matter.