I am the original poster. There is no attack to the credibility of the author, there is questioning the lack of a consideration on the confounds and a sufficien

I am the original poster. There is no attack to the credibility of the author, there is questioning the lack of a consideration on the confounds and a sufficient explication of the term gifted. Disappointingly a crowd of people emerged demanding reverence to their PhD, career and the verbosity of their essay without being able address my original critique. I am not saying I am necessarily correct, or they necessarily haven't thought it out etc, but it is a pretty damn valid question to ask. It is almost as if people are personally offended because they are inclined to consider themselves gifted and explain away feeling depressed with that.