Which is more important – genetics or hard work?
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NEW VIDEO: Talent vs Training.
When it comes to being great at something, which matters more –
relentlessly training your whole life, or the genes you are born with? Find
out here:
http://youtu.be/2ZiRZrYo5tA
Wait a second; it might not be genetics. It could just be that since
siblings were grown up together, they were subjected to the same
conditioning from their parents and environment.
Creativity also relies heavily on genes I think. How else can you explain
the lack of good movies or games, when nearly everyone who works on those
things have gone to college? I know I’m way more creative then they could
ever be, and so are many other people. Alas, we have no
credentials…because we can’t afford them!
It’s not fair that we could have talent at something that we don’t enjoy.
If you don’t enjoy it then you won’t have a passion for it and be the best
at it, no matter how much you train.
1:52 WRONG that is not what science says. In the UK they can actually
perform a genetic test on you to determine your likelihood of success.
Not very politically correct though especially if you do it on a kid.
Sorry short fatty, you were not made for basketball and unlike what your
mom said, cannot be anything you want when you grow up. 😀
Science has gone even further to demonstrate that the brain is just an
organ like any other, and just as there are those that begin with high
baselines with high responders to training, the same applies to the human
brain. Some people are just born stupid, and try as they will in class,
they will never become unusually intelligent. Sadly, similar studies
also show that the least intelligent couples are breeding in the highest
quantity for some time now, with no higher mortality rate than the rest of
the population thanks to social services and shared technology. As such,
the IQ of the Western population is gradually declining. Doh!
In my experience Training > Talent, but obviously Training + Talent >
Training.
But that is probably because I am a “high responder” at it’s extreme when
it comes to endurance running, too bad I already reached my limits at
endurance running, but I outdid most of the people that had the right
genetics for running and some of them did train hard.
The guy who draws these sketches, has he been trained or is he just
talented?
#Sciencesays What does food and diet play in olimpics training
You heard it people. 99% of us are genetically inferior.
There are things you cannot train for you’re simply born with the talent,
like a poet or an artist, a composer etc. Many great musicians don’t know
how to read music.
And I thought my younger sister back then copied me for playing music. :p
I don’t know about the skier on the left, I mean it seems like it would
take some real talent to break both of your skis simultaneously in the air
like that…
Do something about panic attacks. I really need it :D
There needs to be research done on training low responders to olympic-level
ability. We CAN overcome our genetics.
You say that we will never know unless we try, but you also said you just
need to look at whether your parents are good at sports.
#ScienceSays what are Olympic gold medals made of?
The animations on this channel are amazing
Genetics play a significant role, yet it’s not the only factor in the
equation.
We didn’t need that research to state the obvious, yet it is this
protection of “hope” or similar unspoken covenant that promises everyone to
become everything.
p.s. even with this, everyone can benefit from physical exercise
What about the Tom Brady effect?
The guy was slow at the NFL combine, wasn’t in as great of shape as many of
the others were, and everybody thought he was a nobody. He almost didn’t
even get drafted.
Yet his desire was 1000x more than every other guy in the draft.
There is more to talent than physical abilities, and you can still reach
the top without the genetics, even if genetics are an easier ride.
Awesome
You sound like Kevin Miller.. Are you??
ultimately you reach the top if you practice your discipline and have the
fortitude to stick it out when things are bad. practice makes perfect. if
you’re not interested in the sport or activity and all that comes with it,
you’ll never be on top.
Please make a video of the science of singing opera :)
Talent can take you a long way. But hard work can take you anywhere.