reply to post by stander
You're right, of course; if a child isn't gifted, no amount of parental effort is going to turn him into a genius.
I am assuming (as is only courteous), that the the son of the member whose post I replied really is as gifted as his father suggests.
And even if the poor kid isn't particularly gifted, training in the scientific method will help inculcate a certain outlook that, if good for
nothing else, will at least be a sufficient vaccine against the kind of tripe you find so much of on ATS.


