Even though i would like to agree with it, i believe it's a simple case of "sample bias". you deduct a general rule out of personal experience or anecdotal "evi

Even though i would like to agree with it, i believe it's a simple case of "sample bias". you deduct a general rule out of personal experience or anecdotal "evidence". if someone does great at school and later sucks, then this is a story worth telling. if somebody sucked at school and then later achieved (relative) success then this is another great story. if somebody which had a strong interrest in chemistry and was an A+ student later becomes a chemistry master then this is a boring story, if somebody was a complete drunk and now holds speeches about neanderthal RNA then this is a good story (sidenode: yes, dominik i'm talking about you....). but then again, i could be wrong, but i'm very sceptic of such claims - especially if they sound like a great story.