There seems to be distinct differences in our innate talents especially in the realm of language. Probably because I have none.
Human speech has been around for 100,000 years while written language is evidenced for only 5,000 years. Spoken language has an evolutionary advantage of having more time to evolve than writing.

I have a theory that everyone has heard from their parents,
IF YOU DON'T USE IT YOU LOSE IT.
It doesn't apply only to muscles.
When it involves talent and our senses I believe this is true.
MANY of use have the hardware for specialized senses but never used, activated or practiced them.

I have to briefly leave men out for an example regarding vision and color sense. Some women but no men have an extra color cone in their eyes. Because women have 2 X chromosomes and men have an X and Y. men do not have two copies therefor do not express this cone advantage.
However women with this advantage who actually use it is only about one in ten. You see, dogs have two cones blue and green, men have three (blue green red) and some women have 4 (blue green yellow and red). With addition of specialized cones one increases sensed color by hundreds and then hundreds of thousands more.

Without a knowledge, word or category for this enhanced sense, most tetra coned women will never take advantage of it. Use it or lose it.

I bet this losing scenario of other advanced senses repeats itself many times over due to ignorance, dogma and cultural/scientific bias.
These 'invisible senses' possibilities should be allowed to be taught to children.

For this reason, a new kind of Alice in Wonderland is needed.



PS some people with blue eyes see a wider spectrum into a bit of UV and IR. For example UV from the sun when isolated and filtered ( as by rare opals) look like a bright black violet to me. Believe me, bright black feels weird.