Ah, nature or nurture, the age old question. The phenomenon of child prodigies has never been adequately explained.
I personally am of the school that believes these gifts are genetically predisposed.
An example would be Tiger Woods, or in our own experience Shane Van Boerning (sic). Where the parents hit the genetic jackpot, as it were.
As for my own experience, I think my father must have used a faulty condom. :wink:
You reasoning is flawed, sir. Prodigies are not confined to the the realms of music and mathematics exclusively, and to infer that those with prodigous talents do not have to practice is absurd. Absurd I say!
Tiger, Shane, Einstein, Yo Yo, Elvis, et al, were born with gifts (in their genetic code) that through hard work and practice allowed their respective talents to rise to the surface.
You reasoning is flawed, sir. Prodigies are not confined to the the realms of music and mathematics exclusively, and to infer that those with prodigous talents do not have to practice is absurd. Absurd I say!
Tiger, Shane, Einstein, Yo Yo, Elvis, et al, were born with gifts (in their genetic code) that through hard work and practice allowed their respective talents to rise to the surface.
Okay..I am now convinced that a person with no special physical talent who practiced for years like Tommy Kennedy will never beat a one in a million natural born talent like Johnny Archer to win a major tournament.
Ummmm......
Russ
So what makes you think that everyone isn't born with these gifts?
The practice that a young person subjects themselves to at that age of their young learning brains forms the abilities they will have as they mature.