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/^t/Money is useful when you want to buy a fast Ferrari and genes are said to be useful when you want to be intelligent. But having a fast sports car does not automatically make you a good driver. You may have a powrful car driven badly: someone else may have a more humble car driven well. The horsepower and engineering of the car provide the "potential". It is the skill of the driver that puts this potential into operation. In the same way intelligence or education is the potential of the mind and the way this is put into operation is thinking skill. There may be powerful minds used badly and more humble minds driven well.