Comment by plewd
So 0.1% of people who don't have a burning desire for it should still write a book, which seems like a large amount of people to me.
And there's not really a way to know if you're gifted and talented at writing, so just go for it anyways. Your appeal to exception falls flat because there's no reason why there can't be another one.
That's like 3 million missed books in the US alone. I agree with the argument, though. And the number may be reasonable.