Fritee

joined 2 years ago
[–] Fritee@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

In addition, a lot of the “natural talent” might be coming from early childhood practice when children's brains are the most malleable - eg if a kid is drawing since they are 6, it is much more likely they'll be noticed and cultivated. Which makes them more likely to appear talented when they are 11 / 15 etc, when they might be noticed and cultivated in turn etc. Early advantages pile up.

Not to say that some things gene related are not advantageous - you are not likely to become a basketball player if you are short, even if you put in enormous amounts of practice.

[–] Fritee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Agreed. I find that the more I pre plan my day, the more stuff I can get done, like gym, work, weekend out with partner etc. And if I don’t, the day is just gonna be wasted on gaming or watching videos.