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by jdmoreira 98 days ago
Talent is evenly distributed, opportunity is not
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mannyv 98 days ago
Talent is definitely not evenly distributed...like luck.
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fittingopposite 98 days ago
Mostly yes but not entirely. Undernutrition and disease can affect brain development, unfortunately.
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DangAI 98 days ago
>Undernutrition and disease can affect brain development, unfortunately.

And cousin marriage/cosanguinity as well.

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owenpalmer 98 days ago
> Talent is evenly distributed

How so?

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lizardking 98 days ago
Define “talent”.
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blell 98 days ago
Talent and intelligence are absolutely not evenly distributed. If they were, opportunity would be evenly distributed too.
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vizzier 98 days ago
No it wouldn't, the globe isn't a uniform flat land where we're all equally distributed.
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blell 98 days ago
You can overcome that with talent and intelligence. But since talent and intelligence are not evenly distributed, you have places with little natural resources that are rich and places rich in natural resources that are poor.
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