Whoever believes in talent must also hold a secret belief in their own talent.
Both. It's not a useful idea in any domain and explains next to nothing.
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How is it not a useful idea? A triangle is more talented at fitting through a triangle shaped hole than a circle.
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If that's a joke, good one. Otherwise, not an argument.
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It's an analogy. And I agree, analogies are not arguments because they break down at a fundamental level.
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But I'm curious because I don't understand how talent can not exist. Aren't women more talented than men at having kids?
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Aren't taller people more talented at reaching for objects that are tall? Or am I using a definition of talent that's different from yours?
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You are, and we're not getting anywhere if we stretch the definition so much. See my previous reply.
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It's hard not to conclude that some folks have a knack for something more than others. As if they're baseline was higher from the get go.
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Different natural proclivities and variations in IQ explain that better than talent. Talent as equivalent to natural aptitude does not.
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Agreed, but this is why I was asking about definitions, as I thought talent is just a word that to encapsulate those aspects.
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