I thought some of you might find this podcast of interest. http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/03-the-big-man-cant-shoot Premise: The basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain had only one flaw: he couldn’t shoot free throws. In 1962, Chamberlain switched to making his foul shots underhanded—and fixed his only weakness. But then he switched back. “The Big Man Can’t Shoot” is a meditation on the puzzle of why smart people do dumb things—why excellence is such a difficult and elusive goal, even for the best-intentioned.
