When I was in second grade my teacher was helping a classmate with his handwriting work. I mentioned offhandedly that I didn’t see what was so hard about handwriting, to which she told me very personally, “just because you find it easy doesn’t mean everyone else does.” I didn’t understand what she meant- I mean it’s literally handwriting! Just trace the line!- but I’m no longer a second grader.
its more complicated then it look. you can dyslexia and confuse certain things like b and d, or be forced to write with you non-dominant hand.
imagine how absurd riding a bike looks like to an outsider who cant do it. How the hell you keep all that mass aligned in a small wheel like that at all times!?
Of course it could be a person with very weak motor skills as well. Until you actually work with thousands of kids trying to teach them to write you have no clue really.
this reminds me of the joke, on offering a woman a million dollars to bed her, when most would agree and then offering zero and getting a no , to conclude, that they both know what she is but simply havent found the right price!
obviously when people say, everyone or not can reach 1600, they dont mean literally everyone , not toddlers, not individuals with extreme mental disability or dementia, not people that literally have dory level memory or people so rowdy they can sit still over a minute.
we obviously mean a certain ideal person of mediocre ability and average intellect capable of learning and working moderately hard at something as a goal. Notice that the statement about not everyone being able to reach 1600 sounds kind of ridiculous if you lower it to say, 800 or even 1000! so clearly, you believe there is a level where our use of "everyone" can get to.
the question is then the number. it obvious, 800-1000 is too easy, and 2000 is prob were among the most optimistic ones would put the number. i think 1600-1800 is achievable for our average hypothetical every man if he wants it provided he doesnt have some undiagnosed visual processing disorder and actually wants to improve.
So, have you dealt with the general population to know? Or are you basing your opinion on your experiences and those people who you have met playing chess?