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{{a|shitmaxim|}}Let’s put this one through the syllogistic wringer. This means one of two things, either:
Let’s put this one through the syllogistic wringer. This means one of two things, either
===Not everyone ''is'' a [[game-changer]], but everyone ''can be'' a [[game-changer]]===
:(a) not everyone ''is'' a game-changer, but everyone ''can be'' a game-changer even though some — most, even — ultimately are not, in which case, so what? What use is someone who could be, but eventually isn’t, a game-changer? And if we are being [[deterministic]] about it — something the [[JC]] is not usually minded to do, except to prove a point like this one, but still — if it turns out you ''aren’t'' a [[game-changer]], then it was as true then add it is now, that you were ''never'' going to be one, you just didn't know it. In which case in what sense was it ever really true that you ''could'' be a [[game-changer]]?
What use is someone who ''could'' be, but eventually ''isn’t'', a [[game-changer]]? And if we are being [[deterministic]] about it — something the [[JC]] is not usually minded to do, except when proving a point like this one, but still — if it turns out you ''aren’t'' a [[game-changer]] now, then it was as true then as it is now, that you were ''never'' going to be one: you just didn’t know it. In which case, was it ever really true that you ''could'' be a [[game-changer]]? We say no.


P1 Not everybody is a game-changer,
===[[Game-changer]]s and game-changing contributions===
P2 Everybody can make a game-changing impact and contribution
If not that, then it must seek to draw a distinction between a “[[game-changer]]” and a “person who makes a game-changing contribution”. But the latter seem, to your correspondent, to be the very definition of the former. Building on our previous learnings, we can extract the following:
 
:P1 Not everybody is a [[game-changer]].
:P2 Everybody can make a game-changing contribution.
:P2(a) To make a game-changing contribution is to be a game-changer.
:P2(b) A person who ''can'' be a game-changer, deterministically, ''will'' be a game-changer.
:P2(c) A person who, deterministically, ''will'' be a game-changer, ''is''  a game-changer.
:C Not everybody is a [[game-changer]], but everybody is a [[game-changer]]
 
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Let’s put this one through the syllogistic wringer. This means one of two things, either:

Not everyone is a game-changer, but everyone can be a game-changer

What use is someone who could be, but eventually isn’t, a game-changer? And if we are being deterministic about it — something the JC is not usually minded to do, except when proving a point like this one, but still — if it turns out you aren’t a game-changer now, then it was as true then as it is now, that you were never going to be one: you just didn’t know it. In which case, was it ever really true that you could be a game-changer? We say no.

Game-changers and game-changing contributions

If not that, then it must seek to draw a distinction between a “game-changer” and a “person who makes a game-changing contribution”. But the latter seem, to your correspondent, to be the very definition of the former. Building on our previous learnings, we can extract the following:

P1 Not everybody is a game-changer.
P2 Everybody can make a game-changing contribution.
P2(a) To make a game-changing contribution is to be a game-changer.
P2(b) A person who can be a game-changer, deterministically, will be a game-changer.
P2(c) A person who, deterministically, will be a game-changer, is a game-changer.
C Not everybody is a game-changer, but everybody is a game-changer

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