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This reminds me of "The Mundanity of Excellence" [1] which similarly argues that talent is a useless concept: - Talent just obfuscates the qualitative attribut
by caterama 6y ago
This reminds me of "The Mundanity of Excellence" [1] which similarly argues that talent is a useless concept:
- Talent just obfuscates the qualitative attributes that contribute to excellence.
- Individuals are identified as talented usually after they have invested effort.
- Talent is a quick and spurious "explanation" or admittance of unexplained variance.
[1] https://fermatslibrary.com/s/the-mundanity-of-excellence-an-ethnographic-report-on-stratification-and-olympic-swimmers https://fermatslibrary.com/s/the-mundanity-of-excellence-an-...