![]() ![]() ![]() Gladwell believes that this fact contains a worthwhile lesson, which is that “the powerful and the strong are not always what they seem. Just like David beat Goliath despite being smaller, weaker and less skilled in battle. And even if Goliath could properly see David, he’s too slow and weighed down to react quickly enough. Once again, Gladwell draws on historic events and the psychology of highly successful human beings to illustrate that underdogs have advantages. Gladwell posits that his dyslexia was an advantage because it forced Boies to focus on his powers of memorization, persuasion, and adaptability, which are sometimes of more use to a trial lawyer than the ability to dissect the minutiae of contracts and legal briefs. With this in mind, Gladwell suggests that Goliath is unable to accurately judge David because of his pituitary tumor, meaning that the very thing that made him so large in the first place actually puts him at a disadvantage, rendering him incapable of seeing his opponent. And because the tumor can press down on optic nerves, people suffering from this condition often have vision problems. People with this condition grow far beyond average. Medical scholars have suggested that Goliath may have had a tumor on his pituitary gland. ![]() Gladwell points out that Goliath sees David approaching with his staff and asks why he brought “sticks”- multiple sticks-which, given that David seemingly only brings one stick, could perhaps suggest that Goliath is visually impaired. ![]()
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