Andr3w
Assistant Pro
Andr3w...
You seem to have missed or ignored the post about the maths...
I have a friend who is amazing at mental arithmetic. He has come from a very poor single parent family and has not been taught anything outside of school - not exactly the ideal environment, yet he was miles better than all the other educated kids in his class. Spookily good. You ask him how he's so good and the answer is "I don't know, I've just always found it easy.".
You are saying that there is no such thing as natural talent, it's all a product of their upbringing etc. Sure, there is research that proves this in some cases... but not ALL cases... they cannot possibly. I read Bounce, and really enjoyed it, but what I took from it was that given the right circumstances and practice, virtually anyone can become awesome at any activity. That's fair enough and I don't dispute it. But to say that's the only reason people get good at things, is crazy imo.
Sorry I missed that one, I do have a job to attend to as well unfortunately
Again, the plural of anecdote is not data!