While we're at it, is there any possible use of the word "talent" that isn't riddled with bias? Isn't it invariably a distraction from opportunity as the determining factor in achievement? I think it maybe needs to get in the bin alongside merit tbh.
@sue Thanks for dragging me into this rabbit hole. The usage of "talent" I knew referred to gold and silver coins, but, since I always doubt what I know, I now fact-checked. There are so many variations of this measure of weight, generally around 30 kg. So a man of many talents is a very heavy guy. And I agree – talent, in it's primary contemporary meaning – is problematic. I could live without it. Whenever I used the word over the past years it was sarcastically.
