Nov 27th, 2002, 07:03 AM
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Enemy or Ally?
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Re: What is 'talent'?
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Originally posted by Spank-A-Thon
So which is talent and which is a gift? I would be tempted to say that anything learned is a talent, anything innate (such as singing) is a gift. But then I saw this:This totally contradicts my original thought. So if learning to play an instrument is not a talent (because, by definition, it's not an innate ability unlike singing), then what is it?
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Good question. I always thought that "talent" and "gift" was...what you once thought: something learned for talent and something innate for gift. But, when you posted the dictionary quote, I became confused. So, I'm guessing that maybe "talent" and "gift" are the same meaning (being innate) but each applies to different things. Like, being talented would be something like drawing well and something gifted would be having an unusually high IQ.
My thoughts on this probably sounds really stupid, so I apologize for not giving a more intelligent reason. 
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