"So I disagree with the followers of Marx and and those of Adam Smith: the reason free markets work is because they allow people to be lucky, thanks … - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I disagree with the followers of Marx and those of Adam Smith: the reason free markets work is because they allow people to be lucky, thanks to aggressive trial and error, not by giving rewards or "incentives" for skill.

Aerobic fitness is short-lived & calibrates to the average of the distribution. Weightlifting strength lasts much longer, calibrates to the extrema. (Backing out the statistical properties of our ancestral environments.)

Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined

It certainly takes bravery to remain skeptical; it takes inordinate courage to introspect, to confront oneself, to accept one's limitations — Scientists are seeing more and more evidence that we are specifically designed by mother nature to fool ourselves.