Talent Is Largely a Myth

Re:Talent Is Largely a Myth by jimmyvalmer on Sunday February 07, 2021 @09:51PM (#26060254)

> That depressed me for a while because he should [have won].

Wow, that's a humblebrag taken to the next level.

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Re:Talent Is Largely a Myth by inglor_cz on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:36AM (#26063659)

This is a thing even without humblebrag.

I am a descendant of fairly strong guys - one grandfather was a rural blacksmith, the other one started as a lumberjack before going to the (still coal powered) railway to coal the engines. I inherited quite a lot of their physique from them, which means that I can do quite good in a gym without trying much.

Yes, that feels unjust. Not that I am depressed about it, but it is definitely something you ponder upon: why this guy who works so much harder than me does not see as much return on his effort?

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Re:Talent Is Largely a Myth by jimmyvalmer on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:09AM (#26064623)

This is a thing even without humblebrag.

That traits for fitness are heritable? That is "a thing"? Hmmm, you might be onto something here.

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Re:Talent Is Largely a Myth by inglor_cz on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:09AM (#26065492)

The level of heritability of many traits is far from settled, AFAIK, and given the long shadow of Nazi racial pseudoscience, there is a certain air of suspicion around anyone who researches the topic of heritability too eagerly, at least in the West; China does not seem to have this particular taboo.

And I am not even surprised, the possibility of governments latching onto this and "streaming" people towards whatever they are found to be gifted at, cannot really be dismissed.

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Re:Talent Is Largely a Myth by 1996 on Sunday February 07, 2021 @11:42PM (#26060865)

No, it's accurately conveying the sadness and the loneliness when you see the right moves (in life, in work) and people being oblivious to them and ending up poor/unhappy/etc.

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Re:Talent Is Largely a Myth by jimmyvalmer on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:03AM (#26062643)

In that case, throw the game, and let the sap win. Problem solved.

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