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Old Nov 27th, 2002, 12:36 PM   #5
BlackThornn
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Talent is.... well, nonexistent in most of the "pop" market. *chuckles* Bad scource, Spank.

Anyway.. I think it's an ability either learned or endowed from birth. That's the way I've always thought of it. Then again I never went and looked it up in the dictionary.

I think that being good at a sport is Talent as well. It's not all skill, there's an affinity for the movements built in to the body in many cases. *shrugs*

I've just gone through life using the term to define multiple things, I suppose. If somebody actually calls me on the definition some time then I'll explain it briefly.

I think that talent extends to a better ability than some or most when it comes to most things though. People can be talented with computers. One example, both myself and a close friend of mine went through junior high, high school, then through an accellerated curriculum college specializing in IT. We both had minimal prior computer experience, but while all the stuff clicked in my head and I dove right into the information my friend floundered, despite recieving the same amount of training. Now, at this point we've both long passed the course and gone on to respective careers, but I'm still more capable with computers. Am I talented, or skilled? Is he skilled as well? since the same training was given to him, and he has learned how to and can work with computers, just not as effectively.
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