Talent!

[Truerenigma]

those interested in the (slightly humorous) topic of this thread may also be interested in the empiricism and rationalism debates, and linguistics and language acquisition, and the overlap into social sciences. I don't think it is fair or even sensible to measure humanities by their economics (and in doing so make the usual, speculative, impractical assumptions that follow the usual empirical dogma) though, which would suggest novelists are "better" writers than poets, and rhetoricians are the best of all, next to maybe screenplay writers.

Also then, pop musicians are more "talented" than classical violinists, etc.

among those who have monetary applications and outlets for their writing, we could attribute financial success to business savvy. (king being the brilliant business man featured in forbes who virtually invented the e-book). whether or not that type of savvy is innate, as well as whether it is also applied in the writing itself, and whether that type of study should be conducted by experimental or comparative methods is a different question entirely.

[rayheinrich]

The point at which quantitative light bills add up to qualitative shades of wind generation
is dialectically subject to the materialist objects of our intrinsic desires which are reciprocally
proportionate to the methodological importance of whatever fucking bullshit you happen to be
fucking selling at the fucking moment.

[abu nuwas]

But Ray, you cannot just skip over wind-generation from light-bulbs with such casual sneer --- don't you remember those mini-fans which sat perched over a bulb, in an electric, fake log-fire? The rising heat from the bulb would turn the carefully balanced mini-fan, thus creating a flickering effect, as if there were flames. And you thought to pooh-pooh?

For shame. I am an admirer of creativity and originality anywhere--- including in business, where, say, someone sets up a retro fake electric fire business.....     

[rayheinrich]

But Ray, you cannot just skip over wind-generation from light-bulbs with such casual sneer --- don't you remember those mini-fans which sat perched over a bulb, in an electric, fake log-fire? The rising heat from the bulb would turn the carefully balanced mini-fan, thus creating a flickering effect, as if there were flames. And you thought to pooh-pooh?
For shame. I am an admirer of creativity and originality anywhere--- including in business, where, say, someone sets up a retro fake electric fire business.....     

god damn it!!!! i just fucking entered this amazingly wonderful reply and the fucking new board software
erased it and told to go fuck myself, which, though quite appropriate and richly deserved, pisses me off,
damn you gods of the internets!!!!!!

[brandontoh]

Stephanie Meyer is definitely talented. The way she handles vampire lore is so unique and out of this world; it really takes a very creative mind to achieve that.