Key opinion leaders

Abstract

Mohammed Ali died on June 3 2016. Perhaps one of the most successful sportsmen of all time, Ali was widely regarded as a strong political force and human rights activist. A fearsome fighter, he was also known for his love of poetry (sometimes of dubious quality) and support for the black emancipation movement in the USA, conversion to Islam and continuous presence on the world stage throughout a long and difficult fight with Parkinson’s disease. Despite his reportedly low IQ, having scored 78 on a US army recruitment test, Ali remarked “I said I was the greatest, not the smartest”. An amazing insight into one of the world’s most colourful, successful and inspirational people. Human beings are not good at separating personality traits and physical characteristics. Just because an individual is able to run 100 m faster than anyone ever before does not make them more insightful …