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The article seems to confuse several things. For example, companies not having a universal test for talent does not imply talent does not exist. The Polgar si
by pgsimp 6y ago
The article seems to confuse several things.
For example, companies not having a universal test for talent does not imply talent does not exist.
The Polgar sisters are interesting. However, their parents were very intelligent, so it is unknown if the same approach would also work for children of "less intelligent" parents (if such a thing exists, as supposedly we can't measure it). And studies in that line of thing seem to point to children starting a specialty at an early age (see Ericsson's book "Peak"). So unless you can repeat the experiment with some older people (make somebody a chess genius at age 30 who has never played chess before), it doesn't really matter what part is nature and what part is nurture. You still have people with different talents applying for your jobs. I mean the Polgar sisters ARE better at chess than other people, and there probably isn't an easy way to hire somebody as a chess player and bring them to the level of the sisters.
- babesh 6y agoThere have been studies done (but not at extreme levels). They are with identical twins separated at birth and also with comparisons between adopted vs genetic children. They definitely show a large nature component in that the identical twins tend to do more similarly. Nature seems to be a good deal greater than 50%. However, as a society, we need to stop assigning the value to a person to their ability whether natural or developed. We also need to ok that there are some people that are better than others at certain things whether natural or developed.
- babesh 6y agoWe also need to provide more equal opportunities.
- pgsimp 6y agoWhat is an equal opportunity?
- kwhitefoot 6y agoThe word 'equal' distracts people from providing what people need. What people need is access to appropriate opportunities, opportunities that they can make use of. That's difficult for society because it sometimes costs more than it is 'worth' when worth is measured in money.
- pgsimp 6y agoIt's nice if you can create opportunities for less able people, but I also think it should be people's right to employ the best person for a job. I don't think you should be able to demand from anybody to hire the less able person. Creating jobs for less able people is probably an entrepreneurial skill in itself. Just imagine you are building a house (your future home), and you have to hire people to build stuff for you. Perhaps you can get a better deal by hiring less able people, but then you also have to be able to manage them properly, I presume.