Hi Carcass,
Can you please explain me the meaning of the sentence?

A new theory by scholars sustains that the innate talent or skills - call them as you wanna. To make it more simple think about Maradona - can be quantified.

After that, we are able to measure talent into chunks, in pieces, or sets of specific skills.

Mozart, according to this new theory, is NOT the result of a God's gift but the result of the insane, massive, persistent practice he did because his father was always there to push further.

Fun fact: in reality, we do know that is true someone who has a huge talent needs also consistent training to be the best. Scientists say that everything boils down to almost a perfect split 50/50 - talent/training

I hope now is more clear

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A new school of thought has it that innate talent can be conveniently (i) ________ a series of readily (ii) ________ factors - Mozart's genius then is no divine blessing of the type conferred on a select few, but is simply the result of a patriarchal father who stressed, above else, thousands upon thousands of hours of grueling practice.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)
A. reduced to	D. intrusive
B. misattributed to	E. quantifiable
C. measured by	F. pervasive

Blank (i): reduced to
- Context: The new school of thought is taking a complex, mysterious concept ("innate talent," "divine blessing") and explaining it away by simpler, observable factors (practice hours). This process of simplification is often described as reduction.
- Fit: Reduced to means to simplify or bring a complex idea down to its most basic elements. This perfectly captures the argument that genius is not mystical, but simply the result of practice.
- Misattributed to suggests the explanation is wrong, but the sentence is presenting this as the new correct theory.
- Measured by suggests a metric, but the core action is one of simplification and redefinition.

Blank (ii): quantifiable
- Context: The factors used for the explanation must contrast with the "divine blessing." The factors are exemplified by "thousands upon thousands of hours of grueling practice."
- Fit: The hours of practice are concrete, measurable, and countable. Quantifiable means capable of being measured or expressed as a quantity. This contrasts strongly with the idea of an unmeasurable, divine gift.
- Intrusive (disruptive) and pervasive (widespread) do not logically relate to the core concept of using practice hours as an explanatory factor.

The completed sentence reads:
A new school of thought has it that innate talent can be conveniently reduced to a series of readily quantifiable factors - Mozart's genius then is no divine blessing of the type conferred on a select few, but is simply the result of a patriarchal father who stressed, above else, thousands upon thousands of hours of grueling practice.