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> it's taken for granted that not everyone can be a doctor, dentist, or lawyer.

I am pretty sure everyone could be a lawyer if they wanted to be. The couple of lawyers I have talked to about it say that it is all about hard work not smarts or any special skill.

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I think that's an answer which has fallen victim to the spotlight problem. They've forgotten what it's like to not be a lawyer and thus think "anyone can do this". I often feel similarly about machine-learning, until I try to explain it to someone who has no background in the subject and realize all the things they don't know.

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