I intended to refer only to typing quickly without looking at the keyboard. I did not intend to imply the superiority of specific traditional typing techniques beyond how well they achieve this.
Note again that I type more than fast enough for my profession, without any specific technique at all—just naturally developed typing skills, picked up over years of using computers. This directly undermines the “touch typing” example, which is one of the examples you give to support your point.
What you say here… is not actually a counterexample?
You can touchtype, you said, even if you’re not using a specific technique. Typing fast enough for your job is part of what qualifies you for it. It’s something that came from years of experience with computers, professionally or no.
Just because someone can develop the skill naturally over time, though, doesn’t mean that they certainly will. They might compensate for the wasted time with other strengths. That experience will accrue to improvement over time doesn’t preclude someone getting massive gains from introducing an explicit technique or focused practice earlier.
I intended to refer only to typing quickly without looking at the keyboard. I did not intend to imply the superiority of specific traditional typing techniques beyond how well they achieve this.
Note again that I type more than fast enough for my profession, without any specific technique at all—just naturally developed typing skills, picked up over years of using computers. This directly undermines the “touch typing” example, which is one of the examples you give to support your point.
What you say here… is not actually a counterexample?
You can touchtype, you said, even if you’re not using a specific technique. Typing fast enough for your job is part of what qualifies you for it. It’s something that came from years of experience with computers, professionally or no.
Just because someone can develop the skill naturally over time, though, doesn’t mean that they certainly will. They might compensate for the wasted time with other strengths. That experience will accrue to improvement over time doesn’t preclude someone getting massive gains from introducing an explicit technique or focused practice earlier.