Is talent real if in our human nature / upbringing, the so called activities that people are "talented" in haven't even existed in the past in the first place?
I'd argue that this "talent" is from nurturing and upbringing, which can be beat with insane / huge amounts of hard work and dedication.
People who are talented just have a "head start" as they've been "trained", unconciously and unknowingly, ever since childhood, which arguably are the moments that anything you learn will easily stick or be ingrained in your memory, like babies learning language.
The upbringing either that be as simple as a dad letting his son kick a ball and dribble in the living room which results in an amazing footballer, or a mom telling bedtime stories nurturing creativity which then the child becomes an amazing author, and a brother that lets you play his PC everytime he goes to work and you become an amazing esports player.
Later on, when you meet other people doing the same activity in a more professional setting like a competition or a match and it seems like all of you "started" from the same point, either that be joining a club from first year of highschool or something, but since you've been used to doing it for so long and you're so good, you become "talented", even though technically you've started your "training" from long ago.