It takes _yeeeaaarrrsssss_ of practice and work to become an expert in _anything_. Sure... there are those few people who are like five standard deviations from the mean above everyone else, and _seem_ like they were Born That Way™...
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And I am terrified with what is happening to the research and educational infrastructure in this country, being handed over to billionaires, with their snake oil AI-based products replacing desperately needed human beings...
... and towns everywhere continuing to invest in police rather than schools, and states wicking out resources from poorer cities and giving them to the wealthier ones...
... and for the past twenty years or so, universities more interested in building stadia, blocking grad student unions, and paying millions to athletic coaches, instead of actually making sure there are modern books in their libraries!
But the reality is that there are _many_ other factors that determine whether or not you will ever achieve greatness in any one thing: being male, being white, being wealthy, having access to a solid elementary school system, and most of all _support and love from your family_...