ssillyssadass to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 years agoYou could have a natural talent for something you will never attemptmessage-square16arrow-up1253
arrow-up1253message-squareYou could have a natural talent for something you will never attemptssillyssadass to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square16
minus-square@Merulox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish21•2 years agoIs there such a thing as talent that isn’t a byproduct of a high IQ and personal interest
minus-square@lazylion_ca@lemmy.calinkfedilink19•2 years agoI used to climb towers for a living. Never thought I’d be into it but I actually really liked it and wish I’d started earlier in life and kept at it longer. Can guarantee the only high IQ involved a tape measure and a bad pun.
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchmanlinkfedilink1•2 years ago I used to climb towers for a living How does that work? Why did they pay you to climb towers?
minus-squareStoneykins [any]linkfedilink10•2 years agoYeah, almost all sports. Although maybe you don’t consider physical proportions and stuff like that “talent” exactly.
minus-square@entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilink2•2 years agoAnd wealth and other forms of privilege, in the case of formal education.
minus-square@petenu@feddit.uklinkfedilink5•2 years agoThere’s also talents that are byproducts of being born to wealthy parents
Is there such a thing as talent that isn’t a byproduct of a high IQ and personal interest
Well, you could have perfect pitch
I used to climb towers for a living. Never thought I’d be into it but I actually really liked it and wish I’d started earlier in life and kept at it longer. Can guarantee the only high IQ involved a tape measure and a bad pun.
How does that work?
Why did they pay you to climb towers?
Yeah, almost all sports. Although maybe you don’t consider physical proportions and stuff like that “talent” exactly.
And education.
Education is a measure of stubbornness
And wealth and other forms of privilege, in the case of formal education.
There’s also talents that are byproducts of being born to wealthy parents