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Talent is universal. Opportunity is not. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 1
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) Can you expound on that a bit please? |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 2
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) yup all the shyt on the internet where people have talent and no deals |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 117
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it makes perfect sense |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 3
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) yes, but you are missing one important thing |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 6
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) im not missing anything. you just dont know how to apply it. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 10
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Interseting, but I think we are in territory that requires data |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 21
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) this is why i usually avoid your posting. and inboxes. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 26
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) I don't see why you are always "ready at arms", so to speak |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 38
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) because i dont see any value in entertaining shit like this |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 49
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Humbly, I will say that I do not believe you have inner peace |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 54
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) right on bro. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 56
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) ..IS this Bartek? |
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Jan 18th 2015 | 114
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i definitely believe in talent because i have one. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 4
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) I can relate to this but not in the way you might expect |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 8
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) why did you question talent? |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 9
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Because I grew up believing I had no talent for drawing |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 13
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) dont understand since drawing a face after taking a class |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 14
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) talent is being able to draw the face WITHOUT a class |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 18
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) that's precisely my point. that there is no talent at all. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 22
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) so this is the we are all equal loser talk i gotcha |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 37
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![](./images/middle_mesg_level.gif) ![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) I don't see why you would come to that conclusion |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 39
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) talent is just natural aptitude. to say there's no such thing is false. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 61
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) I don't mean this as an argument, but I personally just don't believe it... |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 64
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) im sorry but youre wrong |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 78
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Personally, I don't like telling someone they are wrong |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 84
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) but there is in fact, right and wrong |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 90
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) not in this case |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 93
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) you have a talent for overintellectualizing and missing the point |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 101
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) i'm not arguing haha |
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Jan 17th 2015 | 102
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) no really. you are missing the point. |
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Jan 17th 2015 | 109
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) ;) |
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Jan 17th 2015 | 113
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no matter how hard u try, you may not be able to sing that good... |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 5
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) I think its psychological |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 12
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) how would u break down the following scenario? |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 15
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![](./images/middle_mesg_level.gif) ![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) well, that's a hypothetical situation |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 24
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) right but to have 2 siblings from the same household who are better |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 30
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Isn't it primarily based on interest then? |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 41
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) i think the first scenario i presented is a realistic one that takes |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 65
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) your scenario only has 1 possible answer, you do see that right? |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 66
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) evn if thts the case if your theory is absolute as u say it shld be able |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 70
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) you may be able to sing but you can't SANG |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 19
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Ha! |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 25
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Social Media has bastardized talent and the definition of... |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 7
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Frederick Douglass once stated that 'you can't have the fruit w/o the |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 11
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) well there is a distinction to be made |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 16
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![](./images/middle_mesg_level.gif) ![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: That's not necessarily true at all |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 23
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) oh? lol how so? |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 29
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) A lot of your ideas are based on assumptions. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 47
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![](./images/middle_mesg_level.gif) ![](./images/mesg_level.gif) lulz |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 51
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![](./images/middle_mesg_level.gif) ![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) how is his point even arguable??? |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 79
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) It could be a matter of approach or level of committement to the field |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 52
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) you are adding variables |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 53
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) How convinient to create an experiment |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 57
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![](./images/middle_mesg_level.gif) ![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: How convinient to create an experiment |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 96
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Him and I can't seem to communicate. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 98
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: Him and I can't seem to communicate. |
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Jan 18th 2015 | 116
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) That's what I got as well, however |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 121
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: I did add anything |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 59
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) yes, you are. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 62
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) No you're the one who's actually adding other variables |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 68
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) dude cmon. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 71
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Maybe I'm not making myself clear so let me use a sports analogy |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 73
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) thats true, but only half the story. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 74
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) So ultimately you're agreeing w/the quote I used from Douglass then lol |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 76
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) no amount of work ethic could turn Donald Royal into MJ |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 81
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) No ones arguing that lol - we're talking abt two ppl/or athletes in this |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 88
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) what is "god given" talent? |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 94
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) I define it as having a naturally discernible aptness for something |
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Jan 17th 2015 | 111
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Some of the greatest minds had no "natural" aptitude. |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 127
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) that's one way of seeing that quote |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 99
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Takes both talent & luck. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 17
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) Beauty economy? please expound. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 27
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) ^^^^^ |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 33
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) That is the most quintessential example of luck |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 35
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You are discounting Will Power/Passion as an element of talent. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 20
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) ^ talent is a sickness. Sickness in a good way. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 28
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) I'm confused, where did I discount passion? |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 43
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even some DOGS have more talent vs others |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 31
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) Genetics, Drive and Opportunity. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 32
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![](./images/middle_mesg_level.gif) ![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Definitely a cocktail of things. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 34
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) if you ever see a 5lbs 8 week old puppy pin down a 20lbs pig |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 36
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) I have seen a study on this. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 44
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) drug dogs also need to have a specific temperment = not taught |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 48
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) You call it "talent" I call it character traits. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 55
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yes |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 40
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I dont think anyone is born talented |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 42
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) that is my view as well |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 46
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) but what if youre REALLY good at something without having to work |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 67
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not so much until my son was born |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 50
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) That's a really cool story |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 60
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talent is real. i couldn't imagine not being able to identify mine. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 58
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yeah some people are just better |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 63
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no, and michael jordan is my example for why. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 69
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) you could not have picked a worse example |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 72
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) yeah, that one took a hop and veered toward the backstop. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 92
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I know of natural talent for instance |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 75
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) This needs to be it's own post. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 77
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![](./images/middle_mesg_level.gif) ![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) It does for instance many promient athletes have what we know as Aires |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 87
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) There are 88 constellations in the sky. |
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Jan 17th 2015 | 104
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Actually there are more depending on the system used. |
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Jan 17th 2015 | 106
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: I know of natural talent for instance |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 97
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) ALmost every prominent writer, speaker or author has |
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Jan 17th 2015 | 107
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: ALmost every prominent writer, speaker or author has |
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Jan 17th 2015 | 112
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Funny these planets and moons have effects on |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 119
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Science has attempted to measure these "effects" |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 129
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Lol I love how you speak for science but oh to the contrary |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 141
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) It's just a myth. Take a look here: |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 145
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Can do this all day |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 150
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) What is your point? |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 151
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All I know is that man is the only creature that can ask 'why' or 'how'?... |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 80
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) There are distinct differences between man and animals, however |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 85
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) If science has proven apes don't then ants can't be better off |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 152
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Talent and hard wor are distinct, but often |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 82
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This is almost like the |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 83
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Except nothing like it at all. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 86
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Sadly, if I have one I haven't discovered it yet |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 89
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Talent is very, very real, dude, come on |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 91
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) I honestly just don't believe in it. |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 95
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) dude, i could have been in the gym 23 hours a day |
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Jan 16th 2015 | 100
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) Haha, those are absolutes I can't relate with |
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Jan 17th 2015 | 103
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![](./images/middle_mesg_level.gif) ![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: Haha, those are absolutes I can't relate with |
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Feb 04th 2015 | 154
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: Haha, those are absolutes I can't relate with |
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Feb 04th 2015 | 155
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) less drugs, dude, less drugs. |
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Feb 07th 2015 | 157
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) competition and comparing is the root of the belief in talent |
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Jan 17th 2015 | 108
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this post actually turned out pretty good |
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Jan 17th 2015 | 105
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Lebron James is a talented athlete |
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Jan 17th 2015 | 110
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Basketball is not an accurate measure of human ability. |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 126
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome |
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Jan 18th 2015 | 115
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If you believe in Evolution, this is a no brainer. |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 118
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Just look at the Jacksons. |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 120
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) The Jacksons were raised in a home which nurtured |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 122
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) he's saying the diff. btwn Michael and his siblings was talent |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 123
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![](./images/middle_mesg_level.gif) ![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Not at all. |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 124
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Because he was more talented. |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 130
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) It's perfectly okay for me to acknolwedge your belief |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 131
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Word. I "believe" in genetics, you don't. |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 132
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) :) |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 134
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Why the desire to make it a binary choice? |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 125
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: Why the desire to make it a binary choice? |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 128
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: Why the desire to make it a binary choice? |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 133
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: Why the desire to make it a binary choice? |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 135
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) RE: Why the desire to make it a binary choice? |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 136
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![](./images/middle_mesg_level.gif) ![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: Why the desire to make it a binary choice? |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 138
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: Why the desire to make it a binary choice? |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 140
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: Why the desire to make it a binary choice? |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 143
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: Why the desire to make it a binary choice? |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 146
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) RE: Why the desire to make it a binary choice? |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 149
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) "Nothing you can say will change my mind" |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 137
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Don't see a problem with my statement. |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 139
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) It's not about changing other people's minds. |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 142
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) I have not seen any compelling and objective arguments yet. |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 144
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) LOL |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 147
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) Ahhh classic, passive aggressive insults. |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 148
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Unequivocally |
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Jan 19th 2015 | 153
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Of course talent exists. That's not even debatable. |
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Feb 04th 2015 | 156
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The Dangers of Believing That Talent Is Innate (swipe) |
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Feb 10th 2015 | 158
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![](./images/mesg_level.gif) Thanks for posting, great article! |
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Feb 10th 2015 | 159
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![](./images/last_mesg_level.gif) interesting |
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Feb 10th 2015 | 160
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