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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5679693" data-attributes="member: 19675">Well, just because you're qualified to do something doesn't mean you'll wind up doing it.Look at Michael Jordan.&nbsp; His natural physical skills are quite rare, but even so, there must have been about 60,000 human beings born in 1963 with his approximate level of genetic luck.&nbsp; With the demographics of the year, about 3500 of them were born in the USA.&nbsp; But only one actually wound up playing in the NBA.Worldwide probabilites?&nbsp; Some of them probably died in childhood.&nbsp; Some were killed in battle or due to disease.&nbsp; Some became dock workers.&nbsp; Some became soldiers.&nbsp; Farmers.&nbsp; Police officers.&nbsp; Maybe one or 2 played football or baseball (badly?).&nbsp; Who knows, maybe one is a senior programmer at Oracle?Why?&nbsp; Because only in Michael Jordan's case was there the convergence of the physical gifts AND the choice AND the opportunity AND the drive to play basketball with the level of drive required to make it to the NBA.Taking this back to the study of magic, assuming there are thousands of beings who are born with the capability to do master it...but only a few will live past childhood.&nbsp; Of those, only a few will find the mysteries of arcana to be interesting.&nbsp; Only a few of those will have the opportunity to study it.&nbsp; Only a few of those will have the drive to master it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5679693, member: 19675"] Well, just because you're qualified to do something doesn't mean you'll wind up doing it. Look at Michael Jordan. His natural physical skills are quite rare, but even so, there must have been about 60,000 human beings born in 1963 with his approximate level of genetic luck. With the demographics of the year, about 3500 of them were born in the USA. But only one actually wound up playing in the NBA. Worldwide probabilites? Some of them probably died in childhood. Some were killed in battle or due to disease. Some became dock workers. Some became soldiers. Farmers. Police officers. Maybe one or 2 played football or baseball (badly?). Who knows, maybe one is a senior programmer at Oracle? Why? Because only in Michael Jordan's case was there the convergence of the physical gifts AND the choice AND the opportunity AND the drive to play basketball with the level of drive required to make it to the NBA. Taking this back to the study of magic, assuming there are thousands of beings who are born with the capability to do master it...but only a few will live past childhood. Of those, only a few will find the mysteries of arcana to be interesting. Only a few of those will have the opportunity to study it. Only a few of those will have the drive to master it. [/QUOTE]

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