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What's your point, anything you do that doesn't flow from some deep internal fire so powerful it overwhelms any external circumstance "doesn't count"?

• treis 4y ago
  My point is that "quality of parents" shouldn't be the way we pick the elite
  • z7 4y ago
    Why not extend this to attractiveness, general health, enviromental factors like air pollution, gender, quality of local libraries, height etc., all likely influencing an individual's success in life?
    • treis 4y ago
      Of course I don't think we should pick out elite based on these things either
  • edflsafoiewq 4y ago
    No they should be picked for "ability", and it's all the same whether that "ability" was inculcated by good parenting or not.
    • treis 4y ago
      The point is that two kids with equal ability can have dramatically different accomplishments based on things outside their control