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So if you trained hard enough you could run the 100m as fast as Bolt?

• ktRolster 10y ago
  "Body shape" isn't what people usually mean by 'talent', and I doubt you define it that way either; but if you want to define talent to mean body shape, I will happily concede that talent is important.
  • dragonwriter 10y ago
    > "Body shape" isn't what people usually mean by 'talent' "Talent" is usually a catch-all for innate features distinct from trained features. ("Body shape" has both innate and trained elements.)
  • Eutow 10y ago
    Merriam Webster defines talent as a special ability that allows someone to do something well. I agree with that definition. Usain Bolt is a naturally talented runner. You said >The major difficulty with the idea of "natural talent" is that every time someone points to a skill/whatever and says, "this is natural talent" someone else finds a way to teach that skill. Can anyone be trained to run as fast as Bolt or would they have to be naturally talented in the first place to be trainable?