Agreed. That's one of the things I was trying to say. (Not the attention thing, because that's, for most people, a learned deficiency for sure.) OTOH, he is pro

Agreed. That's one of the things I was trying to say. (Not the attention thing, because that's, for most people, a learned deficiency for sure.) OTOH, he is probably right if you take a less extreme version of his claim: given a very good education (probably following his method to some extent) most people would end up being a lot more adept than what you see today.