Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
talent is not equivalent to technical ability
|
You're right, but unlike technical ability, talent is unquantifiable. When we listen to Jimi Hendrix are we listening to someone with talent or someone with a determination to surpass themselves through the constant effort of practice and learning? Ideas are less problematic in that they are recognisable only once they are externalised and judgable only as a consequence of the person externalising it having the technical ability to do that idea justice.
Of course, we're back to the old problem of what determines whether an idea is great or not - but let's move on from that.
EDIT - Ignore this post. I just read through it and disagree with it wholeheartedly.