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(March 19, 2016 at 9:47 pm)Jenny A Wrote: It really isn't the right section as the question has nothing to do with atheism and anyone can post here. Moving along. . .
I think the answer to your question is that the average person is unable to learn to do many many jobs. Many jobs require, strength, stamina, reflexes, attention to detail, mathematical intelligence, reasoning ability, social skills, memory, verbal skills, artistic sense, rhythm, or some other relatively innate trait I'm forgetting.
I'm quite sure I have not the strength to be a carpenter or a gymnast; the stamina to be an air traffic controller or a general; the memory to be a doctor; the social skills to be a salesman. I do not have the mathematical skill to go into many hard sciences. Dance is truly beyond me.
Having been through law school, I can tell you that even of those who get into law school, about a quarter are not capable of becoming good or even marginally good attorneys. Probably almost everyone can learn to draw. I learned in my 40s. But many fewer can learn composition so becoming an artist is limited. My stepfather taught civil engineering and talked about the number of students who hit the wall there. Usually the problem was mathematical ability.
That said, most people can learn to do many many jobs, just not most of them.
Thank you for your insight
And yes my odd stupid mistakes, is there a way to move a thread?
I'll see about moving it into science.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.