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> Talent is built, educated, trained; I think you are conflating talent with skill. You can develop your skill, but generally, your talent is viewed as innate
by dntbnmpls 7y ago
> Talent is built, educated, trained;
I think you are conflating talent with skill. You can develop your skill, but generally, your talent is viewed as innate or biological.
Most people can train to be good at basketball, chess, etc. But most people don't have the talent to be michael jordan, magnus carlsen, etc.
> genes are partially luck.
Partially? I don't think it is possible since you inherit all your genes. Genes are entirely luck as you had no say in which genes you inherited.
- sokoloff 7y agoYour parents had some say in the matter, both in whether to have children at all, with whom, how many, when (IOW, under what financial circumstances), and what level of pre-birth testing for catastrophic birth defects they were comfortable with. From an individual person, looking at what they had agency over, it’s 100% luck. From a multi-generational family or societal view, it’s not 100% luck. (I also hold the view that some of what is often described as innate talent is also malleable depending on early childhood nurturing, nutrition, and education. That’s luck from the child point of view but not purely so from the family/society.)