On 16 Sep, 13:36, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> David Beckham in fact trained very hard and put in an imensse amount
> of practice kicking a ball so that it dropped exactly where he wanted
> it to. Of course an early interest in a subject means that you start
> the practice earlyer.
>
> There is something in biological triats that may make the performing
> of some actions easier, but this I would say is not talent, but
> biological advantage.
>
As far as musical talent goes, though, have a read of this:
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/080429_music-genes.htm
It seems that there's a connection between dyslexia and musical
aptitude. But, is the difference between 'talent' and 'biological
advantage' just a semantic one? Funy how we seem to have no problem
admitting to being coded, yet some still persist in thinking that we
can escape the coding of space-time itself (by the mystical power of
'free will'). I reckon it's a gene that prevents people from seeing
the forest because of the copper in the chlorophyll in the leaves on
the trees. ;-)
> On 16 Sep, 12:58, Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 16 Sep, 12:22, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Well does it?
>
> > > I say no, practice makes pefect, but what do you think?
>
> > Practice makes perfect but, how long does it take to train a
> > chimpanzee to write Shakespeare? To date, the only readable thing any
> > chimp has ever typed was the word 'Jamiroquai' (thus the name for Jay
> > Kay's band), which is completely meaningless. I had, for a long time,
> > been scared to attempt to play a guitar because, I felt, it took so
> > much time to learn it. But, after having one for about 3 weeks, I had
> > already developed one little ballad. But, of course, growing up with
> > a father who had a degree in music and a mother 'talented enough' to
> > teach herself voice and keyboards, I reckon that I'd inherited
> > something that made it a little easier for me to play music than it
> > would have been had I not had that genetic and environmental
> > kickstart, as it were. If talent exists, then it is, most likely, a
> > heritable trait, but there can be talents for many things. For
> > example, David Beckham has a natural talent for kicking a football
> > pretty accurately and, of course, that talent was noticed and further
> > developed. I doubt that I would have the same skill even if I had
> > been given the exact same 'development', as the underlying talent
> > isn't as great. Which is why, when I play footy, I'm either a
> > defender or, preferably, a goalkeeper, as I have a 'talent' for
> > getting myself in the way of others. This has even been evidenced in
> > some of the things I write. ;-)- Hide quoted text -
>
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