01-21-2014, 09:39 PM
(01-21-2014, 02:28 PM)Hypnagogic_Haze Wrote: Well I dont think talent is like starting out at level 5 when others start at level zero. A person with talent starts at level 0 as well but they gain experience with less effort.That too, but I really do think it counts as a "level 5 start" too. If we see talent as an innate trait or set of traits that help a certain person with achieving something (roughly speaking).
For example, I am "more talented" when it comes to achieving likeness in drawing than my friend. And if you were to give us both a pencil and let us draw each other's portraits BEFORE any of us has touched a pencil or read or saw anything about drawing, my portrait would be a drawing of him (although with no regard to fundamentals, values would be off, masses would be quite a bit wrong etc) and people would recognize who it is and they might even say it's a nice pencil drawing if they are not into art and don't know what they're saying. His portrait would be a random stickman.
We could guess whether those traits are better perception or better hand-eye coordination or recognition of shapes etc. but it shows before any practice has occurred.
I mean, I have a friend that tried to draw a rectangle and he drew a triangle:) He is one of the best IT experts in country and knows very well what is a rectangle and what is a triangle:) He is a gamer (so he has at least decent control over his hands:) ). And yet, he succeeded to draw that triangle and we all like to reminisce that from time to time because it was so epic:)
And of course, if I was to do nothing while he practiced, that advantage would disappear after like two months and if we were both practicing, it would again disappear or become insignificant after, say, three years, while losing the edge consistently. And during that three years, the difference might be biggest after six months for example, as I acquire and apply knowledge in that area faster, before he starts to catch up.