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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."

— Stephen Jay Gould

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Thank you, it was this quote that i was thinking of when writing the title.

I forgot what it was and who wrote it.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Makes me wonder though: is inherent talent what makes a human valuable?