There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
Talent is like electricity.
We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it. The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood. Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.