In a thread about what is talent, I find it interesting how easily it turns into a discussion of what are the talents leading to personal success.
What about the talents which lead to success of a society. If the talents driving people to focus their attention on parenting did not exist in the population, would any of us even be here to develop talents for our own personal success.
How about what is talent from a more objective point of view, without even considering aspects related to success. I think it is important to look at it from this point of view as we then can see the entire gray scale of talent and better understand what the underlying mechanisms driving all levels of talent.
Once we have this better understanding of what is talent, we are then better equiped to understand all those various questions related to talent in relation to success.
