Being good at something is intrinsically rewarding to humans and shapes vocational choices, as Aristotle noted, and people naturally gravitate toward activities they enjoy and at which they can achieve competence, which is a fundamental truth about human nature that should not be controversial.

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Speaker

Lawrence Krauss

Evidence Quote

“people generally enjoy things they're good at...a fundamental truth about the nature of human enjoyment that goes back to aristotle”

Source

Charles Murray On Human Diversity | Basing Social Science on Scientific Evidence— The Origins Podcast
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:26:01 AM

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