I’ve seen the image above in several places, including Open Parachute. I think there is a more widespread cultural issue behind this. Boasting that your child is a successful athlete or a beauty pageant winner is not viewed in the same way as boasting that your child is an intellectual genius, is it? I wonder whether we do not have a cultural issue of people viewing scientific kinds of expertise in a way that they would not view sporting, musical, technical, mechanical, or other kinds of expertise. If so, why do you think that is?
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