Hard to parse out your assertions, here. > "One of the silliest things about this entire argument is that there are only a handful of prodigies born every year

Hard to parse out your assertions, here. > "One of the silliest things about this entire argument is that there are only a handful of prodigies born every year," Are people saying that? > "...and most of the "gifted" kids aren't really any brighter than their classmates, they just get more attention at home." Are you saying that no one is really brighter than anyone else? Or that the G&T kids at your school were mislabeled over others who actually are gifted? > "but they had been coddled so much by their labels..." I actually agree that the narrative told to G&T kids are actively harmful. "You are Gifted and Special" isn't helpful, at least as it's presented. It can lead to an inflated self-worth and insecurity, among other problems. > "...and their parents that most of them were complete social incompetents" Now here you veer into some assumptions that I don't think are fair, but you do seem to be committed to the idea that G&T is not a thing at all. You explain the phenomena, then, as an illusion created by coddling parents?