Getting to the top
So, I was thinking about people and how smart they can be and how each person decides his own destiny and all that sort of related gibberish. Everyone does this some time or the other.
I was thinking, hmm, everyone is born with some inner latent ability/talent. Some persons are just smart, and some are just dumb, but most are in between! This is obviously demonstrated by a normal curve! Let's call this the inner ability everybody has the Latent Factor(L).
Also, not only does it matter that a person has a high L, it also matters how much effort they put into their lives. Let's call this the Effort Factor(E). As a sweeping generalization(a logical fallacy I agree), we'll assume that this variable also has normal distribution.
So from these two variables, a person's Quality Product(Q), or how good a person is in general at something is given by
Q = E x L
Now, L is generally a constant, but E isn't. An overall distribution for a population would would like this...(spare the inaccuracies, please)
But the thing is, the top percent on the L graph don't have to be top 10% in the E graph. Or just put, someone with an L of 0.5, the worldwide average, can easily have as much Q as someone with a high L(say,1), simply because of the fact that most people have a Q of around 1/2!! Of course, now the question becomes, how hard is it to get a high E, to sufficiently bump up your Quality Product to super-average levels? Just work hard I guess!
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This applies to success or happiness or whatever that we are trying to find in life as an average of all your actions.
But certain decisions(small number) in your life will decide what the future course of your life will be.
I feel life(or say,destiny) gives more weight to such 'turning points' and a person with a high L factor is better equipped to make a better choice.
Then again, I say L varies with E within a small, but important range.
(e.g. i could do mental math real quick when i used it. now i cannot. but then again, that doesnt mean anyone who tries to, no matter how hard can do math mentally.)
We should stop trying to put people into such groups or rate them by numbers or graphs and look at life as a wonderful gift.
P.S. : really long word verification again
Hmm I guess you have a point there. But, you're forgetting that that's exactly what I describe a L factor to be. People with higher L's are generally better at things. And THUS, have a higher L! So being able to take better decisions is already incorporated in this L. Perhaps, L needs a slightly higher weight is what you're trying to say?
Numbers and graphs and alphabets are used all the time! Grades, IQ, EQ, money, SAT scores, ranks, points, you name it. It's what we do. It's perfectly natural and it has nothing whatsoever to do with life being a wonderful gift.
And do i know you???? :D
That's exactly what I meant when I said numbers and graphs. What some people call the exam-system. I have booked my GRE exam date..will have to write it and get a 'score'...and I will be known to my juniors by that number for rest of the final yr..sad.
Yes...higher weight for L is what I wanted to say..
We've never met...i know you as the jetru from dcpp circles..changed your nick i guess..dont see you around these days..on dcpp i mean
True. Higher L's are better at most of the things, efforlessly.
And glad to see your post.
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