If we're bringing up basketball as a comparison for development skills - or intelligence in general - then Scott Alexander has written about this too: https://s

If we're bringing up basketball as a comparison for development skills - or intelligence in general - then Scott Alexander has written about this too: https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/02/01/talents-part-2-attitude-vs-altitude/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/02/01/talents-part-2-attitud... His take is that someone short may never make it to the NBA, but that shouldn't mean we discourage them from ever throwing a ball at a hoop.