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Re:There is no talent shortage by sanxiyn on Monday June 25, 2012 @05:23AM (#4155753)
You mean height is not correlated with basketball player's success?
Re:There is no talent shortage by coryl on Monday June 25, 2012 @06:05AM (#4155841)
Not sure if you were being sarcastic?

My point was, skill and hours practiced are far better predictors of success than a voodoo attribute like natural talent. In the above case, I tried to use height as an example of a "natural ability" person could be advantaged in.