Maybe having a mild version of a mental illness is advantageous, at least for aptitude in certain endeavors and interests.
But it lingers on, in some people at least, as an aptitude for unfettered free-association.
Some people are lucky enough to be born with the ability to write clearly and engagingly, or at least with the aptitude to swiftly and naturally develop those skills.
You may well have to develop a new persona -- or at least a new aptitude for dealing with the swarm of relatives, former classmates and strangers who want to "help".
An applicant must now have a combined score of at least 700 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test and must have completed 11 academic units in high school with a grade point average of at least 2. Those are the same standards set by the N.C.A.A. for athletes applying to any colleges.
It is curious that the same people who are strong believers in genetic determinism don't seem to accept that aptitude is at least partly genetic, and think those who happen to be good at one thing over another deserve contempt, or should be expected to work for free until their late 20s.
He has already demonstrated his aptitude for learning, not least in his patience to sit for a couple of years behind two of the world's best hookers in Saracens' pecking order.
Not only is R&D uncertain and expensive, but no one seems to have demonstrated a consistent aptitude for this, at least in the context of new mechanisms.
Changes in selection strategies for admission to medical schools that have incorporated aptitude tests have at least in part been in the belief that they might serve to redress the under representation of students from a lower socio-economic background in medical schools [ 2- 4].
Lastly, and perhaps least politically correct, taxing folks with high aptitudes in order to provide benefits to people with low aptitudes should not be particularly deleterious to GDP.
Like their students, teachers unfamiliar with the discipline of philosophy may nevertheless have an aptitude for philosophical thinking or at least a knack for recognizing when others are engaged in philosophical thought.
