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by barry-cotter
2055 days ago
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> That's only if you assume that getting to that level is nothing but a matter of natural ability, talent, and hard work. That and luck are well over 90%, yes. Otherwise the scions of the wealthy would be vastly more prominent in sports with low entry barriers. In practice the most decorated Olympian ever is the son of a police officer and a middle school principal[1]. The best basketball player ever comes from a less distinguished background[2]. College sports specially chosen to be niches to maximize the chance of being a recruited athlete are so competitive the children of hedge fund managers routinely fail to get in that way[3]. The outer extremities of talent distributions are people who are staggeringly talented, hard working and lucky. Then they complete with each other and the ones who win are better than that . [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan [3] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/squash-... |
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