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10,000 hour theory (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the idea, popularized by Malcolm Gladwell, that mastering a skill takes roughly ten thousand hours of practice.

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The 10,000 hour theory (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠loved most by people still early enough in something to be counting.

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The 10,000 hour theory (n.) logically ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠suggests that it takes until the approximate age of 92 to master the art of Pooping.

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Action theory (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the study in philosophy and social theory of what makes behavior a voluntary, intentional, meaningful action.

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Action theory (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the idea that actions are grounded in the following fourfold: 1. Tradition (i.e. our people have always done it like this), 2. Affect (I.E it is emotionally satisfying), 3. Value-orientation (i.e. It is the right thing to do)... and 4. Instrumental reasoning (i.e. It is the most effective way to achieve a certain end).

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Action theory (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the idea that action is voluntary, intentional, and symbolic.

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Actor-network theory (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a social theory that treats people, objects and ideas alike as actors linked together in networks.

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Actor-network theory (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a theory in whereby 'actor' is not representative of agency and 'network' is not representative of society society. Actor-network are two faces of the same, circulatory phenomenon, like waves and particles.

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Actor-network theory (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠reliant on narrational fields held together through social action in order to show how effects are produced out of alliances between human and nonhuman entities.

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Actor-network theory (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a theory of the social, nor a theory of the subject, nor of God, or of nature , but of the space and fluids circulating in a non-modern situation.