Another way to understand giftedness

I came across this snippet and followed it to read the rest of the story. It appears on an Irish blog which muses on gifted, talented and creative issues.

Sadly, this may be the situation that some gifted individuals find themselves in.

Just imagine, you have landed on a planet. On this planet people only eat a quarter of the food that you would normally eat. What is more, it is considered very bad form to request any more than the average helping, as this would be perceived as unnecessary and using more than a persons fair share.

The rest of this post is worth reading. It goes on to describe the need, the physical effects and the despairing realisation that things may not change.