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https://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/talent

It's an oldie from 2015, but I still think about it whenever people talk about being talented at something.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (11 children)

There is merit in practice, but natural talent is very real. One person could spend years practicing something that someone else picks up and surpasses that person in a year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Natural talent shouldn't be possible. DNA doesn't hold enough information to make someone a pianist. Patience, coordination, and a learning environment, however...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're right, DNA wouldn't make someone a pianist. But natural talent is considered a set of abilities people are born with that enables them to achieve success. It could provide the person with the right kind of hands, dexterity, hearing, and aptitude for learning piano to be a better pianist than someone without those things. That is what could be considered "natural talent."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm nitpicking on the semantics here, sure. I'd rather call that a "better put-together human".

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