That these aptitudes and gifts can meet some need that exists within the civilization to which we belong is, I suppose, what makes them valuable from a perspective that would gauge the value of a thing by its usefulness or practicality. Which may not be the only perspective that exists, or that can be conceived of, but that is, perhaps, the perspective that is most relevant to civilization itself, the aims of which we are all involved in furthering, whether we are aware of it or not, if only because we choose, at some point in our individual lives (during our development and maturation) to belong to it rather than to disown it, or to orient ourselves in opposition or indifference toward it. Which is easier said than done, even if we feel compelled to do so (to disown it). For we are more likely to survive within the fold of civilization than outside of it, on our own, among the chaos that is found in those parts of creation that are untamed, and lawless.