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by hyperpallium2 1422 days ago
private tutors are probably the key: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_2_sigma_problem
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In case of such research prodigies, it is a risky thesis. More important were the interaction factors.

That said, almost all of them come from families that did not have to struggle to put food on the table or quickly eacaped this environment with external funding. Let finding is that you need "free" time to actually do science.