Will: We're all genetically different. I've often hesitated at the idea of genetic, inbuilt talent for anything, and I'm still not sure whether I subscribe to that idea totally. But I do believe that our brains work in very individual ways...

Having been short-sighted in one eye and long-sighted in the other all my life, there's *definitely* a genetic reason for my relatively poor hand-eye coordination, and a good reason why I often missed catches at cricket as a youngster! So I have no problem with the idea of someone being born with superior hand-eye coordination.

I've also seen at first hand my son's "intuitive" grasp of almost anything cerebral (he was able to solve simultaneous equations in his head at age 5 after seeing me do it on paper...in some work I'd brought home...just the once. And to read Ancient Greek texts almost to the level of his teacher within a month of starting the subject, despite being incredibly lazy about studying).