If we&#x27;re going to accuse people of using their idea of reality as an excuse, then the alternative is no better. If it is in someone&#x27;s nature to be adaptable; and by that virtue to be a success; and if others do not have like nature, then those who do not succeed are excused from ever trying or from having tried. They need feel no guilt for failure, for they could not have been anything other than failures. Nothing need ever be their fault.<p>So, the alternative hypothesis is no better if you want to go throwing around that sort of blame.