Is Natural Talent Real?
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Recently I've been rethinking my perspective on this issue. Now obviously there are people who are prodigies and whatnot, but I think for the most part that's an extreme exception.
Are people good at things "naturally" because of some innate ability? Or is it by virtue of their life experiences? And it doesn't have to be a direct life experience either.
I was thinking back to uni where I had an intro CS course as part of my degree. I found this course to be easy as fuck, and such a course is typically a target for ridicule on this site.
At the time, I thought the reason why I found it easy was because everyone was a fucking brainlet and some people just understood programming and others didn't. But when I started to think about this topic with more nuance, it isn't that clear cut.
When I really think about it, the reason why I found the course easy was because I spent most of my adolescent years on computers and playing video games. So the concepts naturally seemed intuitive. However someone who didn't have this experience and was being exposed to these topics for the first time would obviously find it harder. Especially when there is the added stress of the class being something you pay for.
Are people good at things "naturally" because of some innate ability? Or is it by virtue of their life experiences? And it doesn't have to be a direct life experience either.
I was thinking back to uni where I had an intro CS course as part of my degree. I found this course to be easy as fuck, and such a course is typically a target for ridicule on this site.
At the time, I thought the reason why I found it easy was because everyone was a fucking brainlet and some people just understood programming and others didn't. But when I started to think about this topic with more nuance, it isn't that clear cut.
When I really think about it, the reason why I found the course easy was because I spent most of my adolescent years on computers and playing video games. So the concepts naturally seemed intuitive. However someone who didn't have this experience and was being exposed to these topics for the first time would obviously find it harder. Especially when there is the added stress of the class being something you pay for.
