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The creation of an aptitude-based elite, he argues, has inevitably segregated America by talent: More than at any point in our history, the smartest people generally go to high school and certainly to college with one another, move en masse to "creative cities" after college, marry their fellow high achievers and then raise their kids in the cocoons of what Murray calls the SuperZips.
About two years ago he began testing students at some elite colleges for basic mathematics aptitude and was shocked -- as was the nation when the results were widely publicized -- to find that many students were incapable even of elementary level mathematics.
Elite athletes are outliers in natural aptitude and sufficient development.
A genome-wide SNP-association study for optimum racing distance was performed using the EquineSNP50 Bead Chip genotyping array in a cohort of n = 118 elite Thoroughbred racehorses divergent for race distance aptitude.
Typically, so-called 18X candidates are approved to try out for a position in the army special forces, often after passing a vocational aptitude test, but selection to the elite cadre is never guaranteed.
In a recent paper, we set out to test these ideas through a longitudinal analysis of emergent leadership among 218 male Royal Marines recruits who embarked on the elite training program after passing a series of tests of psychological aptitude and physical fitness.
If correct, future sport talent identification may need to consider natural aptitude in both ankle proprioception and balance ability when selecting potential elite athletes.
Perhaps we all have a varying aptitude for interestedness and these researchers – as a hand-picked super-interested elite – can coax it out.
Experts believe that certain genes can be closely associated with sporting aptitude, allowing athletes to train more effectively — one of them, the ACTN3 gene, has been found in most elite sprinters.
As for logistical aptitude?
Aptitude they have nil.
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