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		Imnimo on Feb 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Childhoods of Exceptional People Do the kids participating in, say, the math Olympiad not receive an amount of tutoring and exposure to satisfy these criteria?

impossiblefork on Feb 20, 2023 [–]

I think it's too late and too little.

There are some maths olympiad medalists who have become great mathematicians though, so it's probably good.

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